A simple PHP wrapper over Google Translate API methods.
GoogleTranslator class offers 3 static methods which are the same as the ones that are available in Google Translate API:
translate(), detect() and languages() (see the API documentation for the details). The class uses the cURL library to connect with the API. When something goes wrong, it throws some nice exceptions with detailed error messages.
Open GoogleTranslator.php and enter your configuration:
$_apiKey- paste your Google Translate API key,$_testMode- set it to true/false depending on your needs.
The test mode
When the test mode is enabled, no requests to Google Translate API are made but translate() method still returns some result. You can use the test mode just to check whether your app works fine and avoid getting billed for the translations.
The other methods - detect() and languages() return null when working in the test mode.
Include GoogleTranslator.php in your project and just get some translations:
require_once 'GoogleTranslator.php';
echo GoogleTranslator::translate('fr', 'Hello world!'); //prints out 'Bonjour tout le monde!'Each of the three methods - translate(), detect() and languages() - is documented right in the code. Read the
documentation to check how to use each of them.
Getting the language codes
To get the language codes that are being passed as arguments in the translate() method, check the API documentation or call the languages() method.