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jbzoo/lang
==========

Lightweight library for easy translation based on simple formats (php arrays, json, yml, ini)

1.0.1(10y ago)52.0k1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Feb 22Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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Lightweight library for easy translation based on simple formats (php arrays, json, yml, ini)

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Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require jbzoo/lang:"1.x-dev"  # Last version
composer require jbzoo/lang            # Stable version
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require_once './vendor/autoload.php'; // composer autoload.php

// Get needed classes
use JBZoo\Lang\Lang;

// Create
$lang = new Lang('en');                             // Pass language code (only two chars!)

// Paths, modules, overload
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/');                    // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.php
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/', 'module_name');     // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.module_name.php
$lang->load('./somepath/module/', 'module_name');   // ./somepath/module/langs/en.module_name.php (overload previous)

// Other formats
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/', null, 'php');   // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.php
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/', null, 'json');  // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.json
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/', null, 'ini');   // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.ini
$lang->load('./somepath/glob/', null, 'yml');   // ./somepath/glob/langs/en.yml  (Symfony/Yaml)

// Traslate
$lang->translate('message_key');                // Only global
$lang->translate('module_name.message_key');    // Check module "module_name" and after that global path
```

Speed of one(!) call method `translate()`
-----------------------------------------

[](#speed-of-one-call-method-translate)

[PHP 5.6.x](https://travis-ci.org/JBZoo/Lang/jobs/110844247#L470) - Minimum time ~0.05ms

[PHP 7.0.x](https://travis-ci.org/JBZoo/Lang/jobs/110844248#L475) - Minimum time ~0.004ms

Unit tests and check code style
-------------------------------

[](#unit-tests-and-check-code-style)

```
make
make test-all
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3782d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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