In my MVC view files, there exist strings I may have a translation for. In a file with access to the database (the model), I can do:
$Lang->say('Welcome');
Here is what it's doing:
public function say($string) {
if (empty(self::$vocabulary)) {
self::$vocabulary = $this->loadLanguage($this->currentLanguageID()); // Load vocabulary for current language
}
if (isset(self::$vocabulary[$string])) {
return self::$vocabulary[$string];
}
return $string;
}
I need access to this say()
function from within my view. Short of passing the entire vocabulary array to the view, how would I do this?
What you need to do is require_once() your .php file that contains your class. You can then instantiate your class into a object like $Lang and call $Lang->Say() from your view.
For example:
require_once("file_that_holds_class.php");
$Lang = new classNameHere();
$result = $obj->Say("whatever_string_value");
echo $result;
Now you can do whatever it is you need to do with the string.