L10n Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class L10n extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/l10n.php
Description:

Localization

Class Inheritance

Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs

Properties:

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  • charset string

    Encoding used for current locale

  • default string

    Default ISO 639-3 language.

    DEFAULT_LANGUAGE is defined in an application this will be set as a fall back

  • direction string

    Text direction for current locale

  • found string

    Set to true if a locale is found

  • lang string

    ISO 639-3 for current locale

  • language string

    The language for current locale

  • languagePath array

    Locale search paths

  • locale string

    Locale

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

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public

catalog

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Attempts to find catalog record for requested language

Parameters:
  • mixed $language optional NULL

    string requested language, array of requested languages, or null for whole catalog

Method defined in:
cake/libs/l10n.php on line 469
Return

mixed array catalog record for requested language, array of catalog records, whole catalog, or false when language doesn't exist

Access

public

__construct

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Class constructor

Method defined in:
cake/libs/l10n.php on line 332

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

Access

public

get

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Gets the settings for $language. If $language is null it attempt to get settings from L10n::__autoLanguage(); if this fails the method will get the settings from L10n::__setLanguage();

Parameters:
  • string $language optional NULL

    Language (if null will use DEFAULT_LANGUAGE if defined)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/l10n.php on line 347
Access

public

log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

Access

public

map

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Attempts to find locale for language, or language for locale

Parameters:
  • mixed $mixed optional NULL

    2/3 char string (language/locale), array of those strings, or null

Method defined in:
cake/libs/l10n.php on line 441
Return

mixed string language/locale, array of those values, whole map as an array, or false when language/locale doesn't exist

Access

public

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

Access

protected

Todo

add examples to manual

requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

Access

public

_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

Access

protected

_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

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protected

_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

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public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

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public