Application Integration

Usage in a Slim Application

The following examples show two options for using the Translator of zend-i18n in the micro framework Slim.

More informations to Slim with a complete installation and user guide can be found under www.slimframework.com.

Setup App

$responseFactory = new Slim\Http\Factory\DecoratedResponseFactory(
    new Slim\Psr7\Factory\ResponseFactory(),
    new Slim\Psr7\Factory\StreamFactory()
);

$app = new Slim\App($responseFactory);

Create Translation File

Create a file for the translation messages. For example languages/de_DE.php:

return [
    'Welcome to Slim!' => 'Willkommen bei Slim!',
];

Add Translator

$container               = $app->getContainer();
$container['translator'] = function ($container) {
    // Create a translator instance
    $translator = new Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator();

    // Add translation file for German
    $translator->addTranslationFile(
        Zend\I18n\Translator\Loader\PhpArray::class,
        __DIR__ . '/languages/de_DE.php',
        'default',
        'de_DE'
    );

    return $translator;
};

Using Translator

$app->get('/test-slim/', function ($request, $response, $args) {
    // Get the translator from container
    /** @var Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorInterface $translator */
    $translator = $this->get('translator');

    $response->write(
        // Translate
        $translator->translate('Welcome to Slim!')
    );
    return $response;
});

Using Slim PHP Renderer

Setup

$container['renderer'] = function($container) {
    // Create a renderer instance
    $renderer = new Slim\Views\PhpRenderer('./templates');

    // Add the translator
    $renderer->addAttribute('translator', $container->get('translator'));

    return $renderer;
};

Using Translator in View Script

echo $this->translator->translate('Welcome to Slim!');