Google Translate – PHP class for automatic translation
Edit: 06.03.2012: Unfortunately Google no longer provides free access to their Google Translate API so this class does not work any more. You can still use it as a learning reference on how to use Web APIs
Here is a very simple in use class to translate any text from one language to another using Google Translate service. The results are cached, so it is quite fast.
It supports all the languages which are available on translate.google.com.
Cache is stored in php files, so you do not need any database at all!
The usage is very simple:
include 'GoogleTranslate.php';
$t = new GoogleTranslate;
$t->inLang = 'en';
$t->outLang = 'de';
echo $t->translate('Hello World');
The above code will display “Hello World” in German.
Code is release under the MIT license, so you can use it even in commercial projects.
Enjoy and please leave a comment!
June 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Thank you it work like a charm. And cache is a very good idea.
June 21st, 2010 at 10:50 am
Well if you are translating a few words then it will be fine, but if you are translating paragraphs using this tool, you will definitely not have good results. Translation tools do not really give good results.
August 22nd, 2010 at 5:43 pm
It’s not working anymore
please update
August 24th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
wisdom: Example file was indeed a bit incorrect, sorry. I updated it- works fine now.
October 4th, 2010 at 1:31 am
error.
October 4th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I just checked the class and it does work. Something must be wrong with your server. Please tell me what error you have and maybe I can find a solution.
December 8th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I Just added auto-detect language to the class.
http://pastebin.com/4vYLQCB5
Changed: Line 13 + added function detect() and implemented detect() in the translate() function.
Please take a look at it, it could be cool if you implement it in your code.
February 2nd, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Hello thank you for your hard work.
I am having problems with chdir(__DIR__) you are using. I use many includes with many folders. If I comment them out, I have no problems with using your class, if I don’t it is screwing all my includes.
Fast fix would be great or any solution for this problem.
May 2nd, 2011 at 1:51 am
To fix it do:
1. comment out: chdir(__DIR__);
2. change the path: private $cacheDir = ‘gt_cache/’;
I added this “chdir” to make sure it will work out of the box. Of course it is not the best solution, but many beginners have problems setting include paths to their classes.