Class \Prado\I18N\core\MessageFormat

MessageFormat class.

Format a message, that is, for a particular message find the translated message. Create a new message format instance and echo "Hello" in simplified Chinese. This assumes that the word "Hello" is translated in the database.

  // db1 must be already configured
 $source = MessageSource::factory('Database', 'db1');
$source->setCulture('zh_CN');
$source->setCache(new MessageCache('./tmp'));

	$formatter = new MessageFormat($source);

echo $formatter->format('Hello');

Class hierarchy

\Prado\I18N\core\MessageFormat

Author: Xiang Wei Zhuo <weizhuo[at]gmail[dot]com>

Methods summary
`public`	`__construct(IMessageSource $source[, string $charset = 'UTF-8' ]) : mixed` Constructor. Create a new instance of MessageFormat using the messages from the supplied message source.
`public`	`format(string $string[, array<string\|int, mixed> $args = [] ][, null\|string $catalogue = null ][, null\|string $charset = null ]) : string` Format the string. That is, for a particular string find the corresponding translation. Variable subsitution is performed for the $args parameter. A different catalogue can be specified using the $catalogue parameter. The output charset is determined by $this->getCharset();
`public`	`getCharset() : string` Gets the charset for message output. Default is UTF-8.
`public`	`getSource() : MessageSource` Get the message source.
`public`	`setCharset(string $charset) : mixed` Sets the charset for message output.
`public`	`setUntranslatedPS(array<string\|int, mixed> $postscript) : mixed` Set the prefix and suffix to append to untranslated messages. e.g. $postscript=array('[T]','[/T]'); will output "[T]Hello[/T]" if the translation for "Hello" can not be determined.
`protected`	`formatString(string $string[, array<string\|int, mixed> $args = [] ][, null\|string $catalogue = null ]) : string` Do string translation.
`protected`	`loadCatalogue(string $catalogue) : mixed` Load the message from a particular catalogue. A listed loaded catalogues is kept to prevent reload of the same catalogue. The load catalogue messages are stored in the $this->message array.

Inherited methods