PHP Client Language Detection

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Hey all,

Found a nice snippet here. It parses the server variable HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE and grabs the preferred language of the browser client. This can be very useful when targeting certain languages/countries.

If you use an advertising service that pays only for views from a certain country, you're not getting paid for a great chunk of your bandwidth usage to other countries. You can use this to display different ads for different languages, or redirect to a translated version of your site. It's got many uses.

<?php
/*
Script Name: Full Operating system language detection
Author: Harald Hope, Website: [url]http://techpatterns.com/[/url]
Script Source URI: [url]http://techpatterns.com/downloads/php_language_detection.php[/url]
Version 0.3.6
Copyright (C) 8 December 2008

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Get the full text of the GPL here: [url]http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt[/url]

Coding conventions:
[url]http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpbb/phpBB2/docs/codingstandards.htm?rev=1.3[/url]
*/

/*
Changes:
0.3.6 - added possible $feature values to comment header section
*/

/******************************************
Script is currently set to accept 2 parameters, triggered by $feature value.
for example, get_languages( 'data' ):
1. 'header' - sets header values, for redirects etc. No data is returned
2. 'data' - for language data handling, ie for stats, etc.
	Returns an array of the following 4 item array for each language the os supports:
	1. full language abbreviation, like en-ca
	2. primary language, like en
	3. full language string, like English (Canada)
	4. primary language string, like English
*******************************************/

// choice of redirection header or just getting language data
// to call this you only need to use the $feature parameter
function get_languages( $feature, $spare='' )
{
	// get the languages
	$a_languages = languages();
	$index = '';
	$complete = '';
	$found = false;// set to default value
	//prepare user language array
	$user_languages = array();

	//check to see if language is set
	if ( isset( $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] ) )
	{
		$languages = strtolower( $_SERVER["HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE"] );
		// $languages = ' fr-ch;q=0.3, da, en-us;q=0.8, en;q=0.5, fr;q=0.3';
		// need to remove spaces from strings to avoid error
		$languages = str_replace( ' ', '', $languages );
		$languages = explode( ",", $languages );
		//$languages = explode( ",", $test);// this is for testing purposes only

		foreach ( $languages as $language_list )
		{
			// pull out the language, place languages into array of full and primary
			// string structure:
			$temp_array = array();
			// slice out the part before ; on first step, the part before - on second, place into array
			$temp_array[0] = substr( $language_list, 0, strcspn( $language_list, ';' ) );//full language
			$temp_array[1] = substr( $language_list, 0, 2 );// cut out primary language
			//place this array into main $user_languages language array
			$user_languages[] = $temp_array;
		}

		//start going through each one
		for ( $i = 0; $i < count( $user_languages ); $i++ )
		{
			foreach ( $a_languages as $index => $complete )
			{
				if ( $index == $user_languages[$i][0] )
				{
					// complete language, like english (canada)
					$user_languages[$i][2] = $complete;
					// extract working language, like english
					$user_languages[$i][3] = substr( $complete, 0, strcspn( $complete, ' (' ) );
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else// if no languages found
	{
		$user_languages[0] = array( '','','','' ); //return blank array.
	}
	// print_r($user_languages);
	// return parameters
	if ( $feature == 'data' )
	{
		return $user_languages;
	}

	// this is just a sample, replace target language and file names with your own.
	elseif ( $feature == 'header' )
	{
		switch ( $user_languages[0][1] )// get default primary language, the first one in array that is
		{
			case 'en':
				$location = 'english.php';
				$found = true;
				break;
			case 'sp':
				$location = 'spanish.php';
				$found = true;
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		if ( $found )
		{
			header("Location: $location");
		}
		else// make sure you have a default page to send them to
		{
			header("Location: default.php");
		}
	}
}

function languages()
{
// pack abbreviation/language array
// important note: you must have the default language as the last item in each major language, after all the
// en-ca type entries, so en would be last in that case
	$a_languages = array(
	'af' => 'Afrikaans',
	'sq' => 'Albanian',
	'ar-dz' => 'Arabic (Algeria)',
	'ar-bh' => 'Arabic (Bahrain)',
	'ar-eg' => 'Arabic (Egypt)',
	'ar-iq' => 'Arabic (Iraq)',
	'ar-jo' => 'Arabic (Jordan)',
	'ar-kw' => 'Arabic (Kuwait)',
	'ar-lb' => 'Arabic (Lebanon)',
	'ar-ly' => 'Arabic (libya)',
	'ar-ma' => 'Arabic (Morocco)',
	'ar-om' => 'Arabic (Oman)',
	'ar-qa' => 'Arabic (Qatar)',
	'ar-sa' => 'Arabic (Saudi Arabia)',
	'ar-sy' => 'Arabic (Syria)',
	'ar-tn' => 'Arabic (Tunisia)',
	'ar-ae' => 'Arabic (U.A.E.)',
	'ar-ye' => 'Arabic (Yemen)',
	'ar' => 'Arabic',
	'hy' => 'Armenian',
	'as' => 'Assamese',
	'az' => 'Azeri',
	'eu' => 'Basque',
	'be' => 'Belarusian',
	'bn' => 'Bengali',
	'bg' => 'Bulgarian',
	'ca' => 'Catalan',
	'zh-cn' => 'Chinese (China)',
	'zh-hk' => 'Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)',
	'zh-mo' => 'Chinese (Macau SAR)',
	'zh-sg' => 'Chinese (Singapore)',
	'zh-tw' => 'Chinese (Taiwan)',
	'zh' => 'Chinese',
	'hr' => 'Croatian',
	'cs' => 'Czech',
	'da' => 'Danish',
	'div' => 'Divehi',
	'nl-be' => 'Dutch (Belgium)',
	'nl' => 'Dutch (Netherlands)',
	'en-au' => 'English (Australia)',
	'en-bz' => 'English (Belize)',
	'en-ca' => 'English (Canada)',
	'en-ie' => 'English (Ireland)',
	'en-jm' => 'English (Jamaica)',
	'en-nz' => 'English (New Zealand)',
	'en-ph' => 'English (Philippines)',
	'en-za' => 'English (South Africa)',
	'en-tt' => 'English (Trinidad)',
	'en-gb' => 'English (United Kingdom)',
	'en-us' => 'English (United States)',
	'en-zw' => 'English (Zimbabwe)',
	'en' => 'English',
	'us' => 'English (United States)',
	'et' => 'Estonian',
	'fo' => 'Faeroese',
	'fa' => 'Farsi',
	'fi' => 'Finnish',
	'fr-be' => 'French (Belgium)',
	'fr-ca' => 'French (Canada)',
	'fr-lu' => 'French (Luxembourg)',
	'fr-mc' => 'French (Monaco)',
	'fr-ch' => 'French (Switzerland)',
	'fr' => 'French (France)',
	'mk' => 'FYRO Macedonian',
	'gd' => 'Gaelic',
	'ka' => 'Georgian',
	'de-at' => 'German (Austria)',
	'de-li' => 'German (Liechtenstein)',
	'de-lu' => 'German (Luxembourg)',
	'de-ch' => 'German (Switzerland)',
	'de' => 'German (Germany)',
	'el' => 'Greek',
	'gu' => 'Gujarati',
	'he' => 'Hebrew',
	'hi' => 'Hindi',
	'hu' => 'Hungarian',
	'is' => 'Icelandic',
	'id' => 'Indonesian',
	'it-ch' => 'Italian (Switzerland)',
	'it' => 'Italian (Italy)',
	'ja' => 'Japanese',
	'kn' => 'Kannada',
	'kk' => 'Kazakh',
	'kok' => 'Konkani',
	'ko' => 'Korean',
	'kz' => 'Kyrgyz',
	'lv' => 'Latvian',
	'lt' => 'Lithuanian',
	'ms' => 'Malay',
	'ml' => 'Malayalam',
	'mt' => 'Maltese',
	'mr' => 'Marathi',
	'mn' => 'Mongolian (Cyrillic)',
	'ne' => 'Nepali (India)',
	'nb-no' => 'Norwegian (Bokmal)',
	'nn-no' => 'Norwegian (Nynorsk)',
	'no' => 'Norwegian (Bokmal)',
	'or' => 'Oriya',
	'pl' => 'Polish',
	'pt-br' => 'Portuguese (Brazil)',
	'pt' => 'Portuguese (Portugal)',
	'pa' => 'Punjabi',
	'rm' => 'Rhaeto-Romanic',
	'ro-md' => 'Romanian (Moldova)',
	'ro' => 'Romanian',
	'ru-md' => 'Russian (Moldova)',
	'ru' => 'Russian',
	'sa' => 'Sanskrit',
	'sr' => 'Serbian',
	'sk' => 'Slovak',
	'ls' => 'Slovenian',
	'sb' => 'Sorbian',
	'es-ar' => 'Spanish (Argentina)',
	'es-bo' => 'Spanish (Bolivia)',
	'es-cl' => 'Spanish (Chile)',
	'es-co' => 'Spanish (Colombia)',
	'es-cr' => 'Spanish (Costa Rica)',
	'es-do' => 'Spanish (Dominican Republic)',
	'es-ec' => 'Spanish (Ecuador)',
	'es-sv' => 'Spanish (El Salvador)',
	'es-gt' => 'Spanish (Guatemala)',
	'es-hn' => 'Spanish (Honduras)',
	'es-mx' => 'Spanish (Mexico)',
	'es-ni' => 'Spanish (Nicaragua)',
	'es-pa' => 'Spanish (Panama)',
	'es-py' => 'Spanish (Paraguay)',
	'es-pe' => 'Spanish (Peru)',
	'es-pr' => 'Spanish (Puerto Rico)',
	'es-us' => 'Spanish (United States)',
	'es-uy' => 'Spanish (Uruguay)',
	'es-ve' => 'Spanish (Venezuela)',
	'es' => 'Spanish (Traditional Sort)',
	'sx' => 'Sutu',
	'sw' => 'Swahili',
	'sv-fi' => 'Swedish (Finland)',
	'sv' => 'Swedish',
	'syr' => 'Syriac',
	'ta' => 'Tamil',
	'tt' => 'Tatar',
	'te' => 'Telugu',
	'th' => 'Thai',
	'ts' => 'Tsonga',
	'tn' => 'Tswana',
	'tr' => 'Turkish',
	'uk' => 'Ukrainian',
	'ur' => 'Urdu',
	'uz' => 'Uzbek',
	'vi' => 'Vietnamese',
	'xh' => 'Xhosa',
	'yi' => 'Yiddish',
	'zu' => 'Zulu' );

	return $a_languages;
}
?>

Note: get_languages will return an array of '','','','' if the server variable is not set.

Anyway, found it very useful, hope you do too.

 

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nice one!