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How to use Gettext (.mo/.po) files with Symfony2?

I want to use Gettext for the translation of my website on Symfony2

In ../Resources/translations/ i have my translations files like that :

translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/en.mo
translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/en.po
translations/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fr.mo
translations/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fr.po
...

I already configured the default local variable with the help of Symfony2 cookbook to be french(fr) http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/translation.html#the-locale-and-the-url

When i go to app_dev.php/fr/hello/test, my Hello World is in english. There is something else i need to configure?

Already tried this configuration : Configure Translation component in Symfony 2 to use get text

Solution

  • After few days of research, I finally found an answer. It's not the one that i was searching for, but it's a very good alternative.

    I found this Awesome Bundle : https://github.com/LeaseWeb/LswGettextTranslationBundle

    Very easy to put in place, i recommend you to use "routes" to change locales like that :

    prefix:   /{_locale}/
    requirements:
        _locale: |fr|en|es|pt #All your locales "shortcuts"

    Be sur to configure the Bundle to use locales shortcuts in Lsw/GettextTranslationBundle/Resources/config/config.yml like that :

    parameters:
    gettext.locale_shortcuts:
        en: en_US
        fr: fr_FR
        pt: pt_PT
        es: es_ES

    For all configurations, use the step by step bundle configurations (easy to use)