The name of your .mo file must match the $domain, e.g. name your files messages.mo and call bindtextdomain("messages", $directory).
bindtextdomain
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
bindtextdomain — Sets the path for a domain
Description
string bindtextdomain
( string
$domain
, string $directory
)The bindtextdomain() function sets the path for a domain.
Parameters
-
domain -
The domain
-
directory -
The directory path
Return Values
The full pathname for the domain currently being set.
Examples
Example #1 bindtextdomain() example
<?php
$domain = 'myapp';
echo bindtextdomain($domain, '/usr/share/myapp/locale');
?>
The above example will output:
/usr/share/myapp/locale
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n8klatt ¶
3 years ago
roel dot vermeulen at gmail dot com ¶
2 years ago
I recommend using absolute paths in the $directory parameter. This caused me several hours to debug as Ajax calls to my localization functions messed up the path. And since no error if thrown if the path in $directory cannot be found, one should check the result always:
<?php
// Imagine the path for this file is "/localization" and your locales are in the "/locale" directory.
$pathToDomain = __DIR__ . "/../locale";
if ($pathToDomain != bindtextdomain($domain, $pathToDomain)) {
// Error handling.
}
?>
