Translations
Translations are a collection of strings in different that helps displaying your web site in different languages. Translations are managed in the backend app Translations.
Key Naming
We try try to keep consistent naming for the translation keys. Here are some descriptive examples:
Key Example Description
title_this_is_a_title Used for titles e.g. "This Is a Title".
text_this_is_a_text Used for text sentences e.g. "This is a text".
abr_etc Used for abrevations e.g. "etc."
specific_component:keyname Used for module specific components e.g. "index:head_title" or "pm_paypal:description_option".Code Examples
Output a translation
echo language::translate('title_hello'); Output a translation and inject the english translation to the database
echo language::translate('title_hello', 'Hello'); Output a translation for a specific language
echo language::translate('title_hello', 'Hello', $language_code);