Google Translate Helper

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By alkavan
needed this for a soccer site i'm developing, really easy to use. tested it with 200,500,700 chars, works fast with 200, less fast with 500 and 700, on 700+ you might get php timeout of 30 sec, but you can set this setting on the fly.

How to use

This Helper Based on Jamie Telin's (jamie.telin@gmail.com) GoogleTranslateApi v1.1
<?php
$google->FromLang = 'he';
$google->ToLang = 'en';
echo $google->translate('שלום ×¢×•×œ×!');
$google->DebugMsg //Gets all error messages
$google->DebugStatus //Gets all status codes, 200 = ok, 400 = Invalid languages
?>

<?php
class GoogleHelper extends AppHelper {
    //    This Helper Based on Jamie Telin's (jamie.telin@gmail.com) GoogleTranslateApi v1.1
    //
    //    $google->FromLang = 'he';
    //    $google->ToLang = 'en';
    //    echo $google->translate('שלום ×¢×•×œ×!');
    //    API version might change, so change $Version if needed
    //    $google->DebugMsg //Gets all error messages
    //    $google->DebugStatus //Gets all status codes, 200 = ok, 400 = Invalid languages

    var $BaseUrl = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate';
    var $FromLang = 'he';
    var $ToLang = 'en';
    var $Version = '1.0';

    var $CallUrl;

    var $Text = 'שלום ×¢×•×œ×!';

    var $TranslatedText;
    var $DebugMsg;
    var $DebugStatus;

    function makeCallUrl(){
        $this->CallUrl = $this->BaseUrl;
        $this->CallUrl .= "?v=" . $this->Version;
        $this->CallUrl .= "&q=" . urlencode($this->Text);
        $this->CallUrl .= "&langpair=" . $this->FromLang;
        $this->CallUrl .= "%7C" . $this->ToLang;
    }

    function translate($text = ''){
        if($text != ''){
            $this->Text = $text;
        }
        $this->makeCallUrl();
        if($this->Text != '' && $this->CallUrl != ''){
            $handle = fopen($this->CallUrl, "rb");
            $contents = '';
            while (!feof($handle)) {
            $contents .= fread($handle, 8192);
            }
            fclose($handle);

            $json = json_decode($contents, true);

            if($json['responseStatus'] == 200){ //If request was ok
                $this->TranslatedText = $json['responseData']['translatedText'];
                $this->DebugMsg = $json['responseDetails'];
                $this->DebugStatus = $json['responseStatus'];
                return $this->TranslatedText;
            } else { //Return some errors
                return false;
                $this->DebugMsg = $json['responseDetails'];
                $this->DebugStatus = $json['responseStatus'];
            }
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}//END OF CLASS
?>

Comments

  • rhrn
    Posted 04/08/10 02:44:41 PM
    can load and use in controller

    class UsersController extends AppController {

    function index() {
    App::import('Helper', 'Google'); // loadHelper('Google'); in CakePHP 1.1.x.x
    $google = new GoogleHelper();
    $google->FromLang = 'en';
    $google->ToLang = 'ru';
    echo $google->link('Cake');
    }

    }
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  • lorenzo
    Posted 01/05/10 11:13:22 AM
    This could cause problems when php is not able to fopen() remote urls or if not compiled with json support.

    An alternative is to use thee CakeSocket class to avoid the fisrt issue.

    Also this could be rewritten as a Datasource, to be used in models.

    But I find your helper useful :)
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