PEAR’s Translation2 package provides a sophisticated framework for adding multi-language support to a Web application. This article takes a close look at the special features of this package, with examples of using it with both MySQL and XML data sources.

p. What I have made sound like a bad SciFi special is actually a very good article by Andrei Zmievski on Unicode and I18N in PHP 6.

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p. Internationalization and Localization are concepts that all web sites and applications will have to deal with at some point. Why not design it form the start? Most people just don’t think about it but in an increasingly global society, you need to. The earlier you design for it, the easier it is to do.