Interested in the question of which translation method is the best in functionality, speed, simplicity? But the main thing is to use your own scripts, without third-party plug-ins or resources.

My options are:
1. Through the file. (.txt)
2. Database.
3. Store all words in a PHP array.

I saw the option, depending on the country, the php code opens one or another .txt file, where there are actually 2 columns, on the left there are Russian words and on the right there is a translation into a certain language.
If this is the best way, I would appreciate the help in writing the script or links to the necessary information.
Thank.

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  • for me, better keep the translations in a php array, such as en.php, ru.php - Vfvtnjd

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<?php // Устанавливаем русский язык putenv('LC_ALL=ru_RU'); setlocale(LC_ALL, 'ru_RU'); // Указываем путь к таблицам переводов bindtextdomain("myPHPApp", "./locale"); // Выбираем домен textdomain("myPHPApp"); // Теперь поиск переводов будет идти в ./locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/myPHPApp.mo // Выводим тестовое сообщение echo gettext("Welcome to My PHP Application"); // Или с использованием псевдонима _() echo _("Have a nice day"); ?>

More details here: http://php.net/manual/ru/function.gettext.php

    "no third-party plug-ins or resources." very difficult task. What I can offer from the fastest methods, create a ney class of languages ​​and with the help of its functions get a certain text (and edit the language in the class itself). "I saw the option, depending on the country" just parse the header ( $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] , as an example http://tradebenefit.ru/kak-opredelit-jazyk-polzovatelja-v-php ) and get the language from it (select language, too, by the way).

    You can try the easy way to use Google translator https://translate.google.com/manager/website/ (I often see it on English sites).

    • A useful thing. But this is only the definition of the user's preferred language. I still need more the principle of translation itself, that is, for example, outputting a certain .txt file and inserting words on a site page. Or better through the database? - Albert Ushakov

    Found such a solution.

      //вырезаем первые две буквы $lang = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], 0, 2); //Выводим значение языковой константы $array = parse_ini_file('leng/'.$lang.'.ini'); echo $array["hello"];

    In the file ru.ini I save the translation in the form:
    hello = hello

    • With each request to parse the same ini file - it is very, very sad. - Dmitriy Simushev
    • Well, you can save in the session, if this is possible. But otherwise I xs. - Albert Ushakov
    • Sessions are not intended to store significant amounts of data. - Dmitriy Simushev
    • Then it is easier to load the file. - Albert Ushakov
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      Well, how would I have stuck this option, and I like it. There are not any lags. - Albert Ushakov