The I18n library provides a I18n service locator that can be used for setting
the current locale, building translation bundles and translating messages.
Additionally, it provides the Time and Number classes which can be used to
output dates, currencies and any numbers in the right format for the specified locale.
Internally, the I18n class uses Aura.Intl.
Getting familiar with it will help you understand how to build and manipulate translation bundles,
should you wish to create them manually instead of using the conventions this library uses.
use Cake\I18n\I18n;
I18n::setLocale('en_US');use Cake\Core\Configure;
Configure::write('App.paths.locales', ['/path/with/trailing/slash/']);Please refer to the CakePHP Manual for details about expected folder structure and file naming.
echo __(
'Hi {0,string}, your balance on the {1,date} is {2,number,currency}',
['Charles', '2014-01-13 11:12:00', 1354.37]
);
// Returns
Hi Charles, your balance on the Jan 13, 2014, 11:12 AM is $ 1,354.37use Cake\I18n\I18n;
use Cake\I18n\Package;
I18n::translator('animals', 'fr_FR', function () {
$package = new Package(
'default', // The formatting strategy (ICU)
'default', // The fallback domain
);
$package->setMessages([
'Dog' => 'Chien',
'Cat' => 'Chat',
'Bird' => 'Oiseau'
...
]);
return $package;
});
I18n::getLocale('fr_FR');
__d('animals', 'Dog'); // Returns "Chien"$time = Time::now();
echo $time; // shows '4/20/14, 10:10 PM' for the en-US localeecho Number::format(100100100);echo Number::currency(123456.7890, 'EUR');
// outputs €123,456.79Please make sure you check the official I18n documentation.
The documentation for the Time class contains instructions on how to configure and output time strings for selected locales.
The documentation for the Number
class shows how to
use the Number class for displaying numbers in specific locales.