Codeigniter multi language support using google translate API.

Uses of this contribution:

1) No Need of maintaining all text in different languages.
Clarification: In the multilingual support sites - we have text in English lang
uage. If we want to convert into different language we have to maintain other la
nguage text in our site.
If we use this contribution, no need of maintaining different languages text in
our site.

2) Easily support n number of languages.

Clarification : If we use normal multilingual then we can use it for 2 or 3 lang
uages. If we want another language then we want to write complete text in that l
anguage.
If we use this contribution, we can maintains 'n' number of languages.

Integration into CodeIgniter Site:

1) Create a new helper file tarnslate_helper.php in \system\helpers

2) In application\config\autoload.php file add the below code:
$autoload['helper'] = array('form', 'url','translate');
3) Process to integrating this contribution:

In the file header.php which is common for total site.

Add the below code :
in Javascript code:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function lanfTrans(lan)
{
switch(lan)
{
case 'en': document.getElementById('dlang').value='en';document.langForm.subm
it(); break;
case 'fr': document.getElementById('dlang').value='fr'; document.langForm.sub
mit(); break;
case 'es': document.getElementById('dlang').value='es'; document.langForm.sub
mit(); break;
}
}
</script>

in HTML code :
<form name="langForm" id="langForm" action="<?php echo base_url().'welcome/langu
ages';?>" method="post">
<?php // 'welcome' - [Home page controller] ?>
<input type="hidden" name="dlang" id="dlang">
<?php // 'dlang' - [Language choosen] ?>
<input type="hidden" name="current" id="current" value="<?php echo substr(uri_st
ring(),1,strlen(uri_string()));?>">
<?php // 'current' - [Current page url] ?>
<?php // [Language images] ?>
<img src="<?=base_url()?>images/fr.png" onClick="lanfTrans('fr');" width="16" he
ight="11" title="To French"> &nbsp;
<img src="<?=base_url()?>images/en.png" onClick="lanfTrans('en');" width="16" he
ight="11" title="To English"> &nbsp;
<img src="<?=base_url()?>images/es_flag.gif" onClick="lanfTrans('es');" width="1
6" height="11" title="To Spanish"> &nbsp;
<?php echo form_close(); ?>

In the welcome / home page controller :

Add the below method
This method to assign language to session variable.
function languages()
{
extract($_POST);
$this->session->set_userdata('language', $dlang);
$redirect_url = base_url().$current;
redirect($redirect_url);
}
Once create this mothod.if we want to use this functionality in the site then ad
d the below code in the metods.
$data['lang'] = $this->session->userdata('language');
// assign those session variable to one variable.

In the view pages, use below code to translate one language to another.
<?php translate("Welcome to codeigniter",$lang);?>
It will convert these text according to language choosed.
Limitations:
1) This contribution is not working in offline mode.
2) At a time we can translate 5000 characters.