Phalcon Volt, how to print translation with a variable

Question

I'm using Phalcon with Volt for my multilanguage application.

I've setup a translation file which contains the following variables:

'numbervalidation-field' => '%field% is a number',
'Teams' => 'Teams',

And this is how I print 'Teams is a number' correctly

<?php echo $t->_("numbervalidation-field", array("field" => $t->_('Teams'))); ?>

I just want to be able to print the same using volt, I've tried several things but nothing works, this was my latest attempt:

{{t['numbervalidation-field', ['field': t['Teams']]]}}

Help please, I couldn't find how to do this.

Shouldn't you be using the `_()` function in Volt as well? Like `{{ t_('number....') }}`. — Nikolay Mihaylov, Aug 29 '16 at 14:18
@NikolayMihaylov, shouldn't it be `{{ t._('number') }}`? (a missing `.`) — Timothy, Aug 29 '16 at 14:25
@Timothy Can't, time for edits ran out. He will read your comment, no worries ;) — Nikolay Mihaylov, Aug 29 '16 at 14:41
Thanks for your effort @NikolayMihaylov and Timothy but it didn't work. I get 'Macro 't_' does not exist'. BTW this works properly {{t['Teams']}} — Pablo Santamaria, Aug 30 '16 at 23:30
Please check out my answer. I'm pretty sure that it will help you. — Luke, Sep 05 '16 at 07:56

Luke · Answer 1 · 2016-08-31T13:31:47.510

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All you need to do is to assign your $t variable, which is the translating object, to $this->view->t in your view's controller.

Open your controller file, find an appropriate action and add

$this->view->t = $t;

somewhere where you can use $t to translate your strings. It's a good idea to put it in a base controller so you can use it in every view.

Then you're free to use translation with {{ t._('SOMETHING') }}. You can also add an array with fields to replace as a second parameter in your volt translating function like this:

{{ t._('CODE',[parameters]) }}

where [parameters] is an array that has replacements for string fields with values by keys.

edited Aug 31 '16 at 13:31

answered Aug 31 '16 at 10:25

Luke

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OP is asking how to use the translator **with variables**. Your example is just a normal translation. If possible, extend your example with the use of translation variables! – Timothy Aug 31 '16 at 13:09
@Timothy Sure, will do soon – Luke Aug 31 '16 at 13:11
Thanks @Luke, looking forward to seeing it with variables – Pablo Santamaria Sep 06 '16 at 12:49
Hi @Luke, when we say variables, we mean one of the parameters is a translation variable, as you can see in the question I've tried {{t['numbervalidation-field', ['field': t['Teams']]]}} but it doesn't work, so how can I put a variable as parameter? Thanks, I appreciate your help. – Pablo Santamaria Oct 17 '16 at 02:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 06:53

You can use a filter for ease of use, assuming your Translation service is $di->t, that would read:

$volt->getCompiler()->addFilter('trans', function ($resolvedArgs, $exprArgs) {
    return sprintf('$this->t->query(%s)', $resolvedArgs);
});

Then, in the volt template, you can do:

{{ 'name'|trans }}

In your case, you'll have two translations, so it could read:

{{ 'numbervalidation-field'|trans({'field': ('Teams'|trans)}) }}

Phalcon Volt, how to print translation with a variable

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