Fetch all messages from current domain in PHP gettext

Question

There is a gettext() function in PHP to lookup a message in the current domain.

Is there a way to fetch all messages from current domain?

It seems unlikely as that is not how this works. You poll for specific messages. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Jan 19 '11 at 15:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '11 at 15:27

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No, there isn't. The low-level libgettext API doesn't provide a means either.

You might use (and rewrite) the gettext Adapter from Zend_Translate (or php-gettext or gettext.php) to read out a whole gettext message file however.

answered Jan 19 '11 at 15:27

mario

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So basicly, to do that, you need to write parser for .mo files? – umpirsky Jan 19 '11 at 15:47
@umpirsky: Effectively yes. Or better a parser for the .po files if they are available (simpler text format). – mario Jan 19 '11 at 15:52
It still does not have provide any kind of "fetch_all_messages" method, does it? – mms27 Jul 14 '15 at 20:32
@mms27 Probably never will. The gettext API hasn't evolved since the 90s. Message catalogues are just key:value lookup files really. You might better go for a custom all-PHP implementation then. – mario Jul 14 '15 at 20:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '11 at 15:29

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The PHP documentation says no.

answered Jan 19 '11 at 15:29

Lightness Races in Orbit

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

The current domain by definition contains infinite messages, so your question is not so useful. The question "How to enumerate the messages within a particular message catalog?" may be more suitable.

Get translations from .po or .mo file

This is possible on the command line, e.g.

$ msgcat <catalog-name>
...
#: conf/global_settings.py:44
msgid "Arabic"
msgstr "Árabe"

#: conf/global_settings.py:45
msgid "Bengali"
msgstr "Bengalês"

Fetch all messages from current domain in PHP gettext

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