Setting and maintaining the language in Application (i18n)

Tutorials

i18n, translation

As seen in [this](http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic,1034.msg5968.html#msg5968) post, Yii doesn't enforce how language is set and maintained within the session. According to that post, the preferred method is to create a base controller which implements code for maintaining the language state. That Controller is then used in your code instead of CControler. (by defing your classes with "class ... extends *MyController*")

Here's my method of implementing this idea:```php
<?php
 
class LangBox extends CWidget
{
public function run()}
}
?>
 
``` **components/views/langBox.php** ```php <?=php echo CHtml::form(); ?> <div id="langdrop"> <?=php echo CHtml::dropDownList('_lang', $currentLang, array( 'en_us' => 'English', 'is_is' => 'Icelandic'), array('submit' => '')); ?> </div> </form>
 
 
```
 
?php echo CHtml::endForm(); ?>
 
```
 
 
See also
 
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- [Here](http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/208/how-to-use-an-application-behavior-to-maintain-runtime-configuration/ "How to use an application behavior to maintain runtime configuration") is another approach using behaviors.
 
 
Links
 
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- [Chinese version](http://www.itkuaixun.com/bbs/thread-203-1-1.html "Chinese version")