Language Detection

[ecntrc]

I have made a website for my grandma in memory of her since she passed away recently. My family is samoan and some do surf the web most likely in samoan also for those that live in samoa. So Id like to put up a filter or something that when the website is loaded on their computer it will detect their language settings or whatever.. can someone help me out with this? I did a google search but Im wondering if theres an easier way besides PHP, please let me know or any suggestions ect.. Thanks

[Jacorre]

Could you provide a link to translate the page into the language of your choice much like Biorust does with the tutorials? There's a flag icon at the bottom of the pages that when clicked use Google's translation tool to translate the page into a different language.

[ecntrc]

That could work also for somethings. But Id like for the internet browser the viewer is viewing my site with detect the language settings which could be samoan definately, english and possibly another language. And whatever it detects I want the page translated in their language. Whatever they choose. Is this possible?

[Jacorre]

Sounds like a script will be needed. Try searching for javascript or php language detection scripts.

[notjustgraphics]

Sorry ecntrc... i have no experience with what your are asking...

Any time i've made multilingual websites, i leave it up to the user to select their appropriate language... I usually have a "english | french" option which branches to the appropriate files.

This link might help you do it autmoatically though: W3C I18N FAQ: Apache MultiViews language negotiation set up

Sorry, it's all I could find that looked useful... i don't think its a picnic.

Mike.

[Gjbphp]

Originally Posted by ecntrc

I have made a website for my grandma in memory of her since she passed away recently. My family is samoan and some do surf the web most likely in samoan also for those that live in samoa. So Id like to put up a filter or something that when the website is loaded on their computer it will detect their language settings or whatever.. can someone help me out with this? I did a google search but Im wondering if theres an easier way besides PHP, please let me know or any suggestions ect.. Thanks

Hi,

I'm not sure what the code for samoan language is, but you can do this very easily with php. Javascript also does have this feature.

with php it is

PHP Code:

$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] 


if you would like help implementing this, please contact me.

Greg