Re: Modifying Html Helper Image method for localization support

I ended up going with the below (and above) solution, listing language-
dependent image sources as msgid/msgstr pairs in each language's
default.po. Any images that aren't language-dependent are just given
a plain string source. It's worked fine everywhere I've used it
throughout our QA process.

On Jun 15, 1:04 pm, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just thought of this, may not be a good idea, but worth a try!
>
> Use the standard localization function __() as in the example below:
>
> $html->image( __('btn_action.gif',true) );
>
> and voila, you can decide to change the default image "btn_action.gif"
> into something else depending on the language, by just specifying in
> the language file, that "btn_action.gif" is equal to "eng/
> btn_action.gif".
>
> Haven't tried it, so you are on your own in testing it :)
> Enjoy,
>    John
>
> On Jun 15, 3:25 am, "Adam Royle" <a...@sleekgeek.com.au> wrote:
>
> > I guess it depends if you have any shared images that might be generic and
> > used with all languages.
>
> > If you want to override the helper, you can do it by creating an AppHelper
> > class in app/app_helper.php
>
> > Although this does change your functionality and you would have to duplicate
> > any shared images between all languages.
>
> > I would probably go the more explicit route, and just append the language to
> > the image path ($lang = 'en/').
>
> > $html->image($lang.'btn_action.gif');
>
> > Cheers,
> > Adam
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "daedalus" <daedalus.developm...@gmail.com>
> > To: "CakePHP" <cake-php@googlegroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 6:24 AM
> > Subject: Modifying Html Helper Image method for localization support
>
> > > Hello,
>
> > > I'm fairly new to CakePHP and have a question about the best way to
> > > accomplish a task. Here is my situation: I'm building a little
> > > localized app that incorporates a dozen or so images that will need to
> > > be localized - for example navigation buttons.  The most logical way
> > > to organize these images, it seems to me, is to put the images for
> > > each language into a folder bearing the language abbreviation in the
> > > "img" directory.  So, for instance, English images would be in "img/
> > > eng/".
>
> > > The app is working nicely now with Html helper image calls such as
> > > $html->image('btn_action.gif').  The language variable is written to
> > > the Config class in a beforeFilter of the (only) controller.  Ideally,
> > > I guess, I need to modify or extend the Html helper to automatically
> > > add the correct language directory into the image path, but as much as
> > > I've looked around for examples I'm still a bit hazy on how to best
> > > accomplish this.  Can I overwrite the "image" method of the Html
> > > helper by including an appropriate class in /app/helpers? Am I going
> > > about this in the right way to begin with?  I'm not so much interested
> > > in what merely works, but with what is most elegant, logical, and
> > > maintainable.
>
> > > Thanks a lot,
>
> > > AH
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