Select Menu and Internationalization

How do you properly set up a select menu so that the dropdown choices can be viewed in a different language when a language pack is installed, but the logic still works? eg: 'Unread','Pending','Ok','Closed' are English.

Code:

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'unread' => array
  (
                'label' => &$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['unread'],
                'inputType'            => 'select',
                'options'                => array('Unread','Pending','Ok','Closed'),
                'eval'                    => array('tl_class'=>'w50'),
        'filter'                  => true,
        'sorting'                => true,
        'save_callback'        => array
        (
            array('tl_realestate_contactor', 'markAsRead')
        ),
              'flag'                    => 12               
  ),

---

I use the dropdowns in code, for example

Code:

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public function markAsRead($varValue)
{
        if($varValue == "Unread")
        {
        $varValue = "Pending";
        }
return $varValue;
}

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EDIT: Why the heck does my Code always go spastic when I cut/paste/post it wrapped in the code tags???

Ehm, is it me, but you can use language strings... So you can use values, such as unread, pending and then define display value for this for each language in languages/en/tl_.php

Code:

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'options'                => array($GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['A'],$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['B'],$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['C'],$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['D']),

---

Code:

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$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['A'] = 'Unread';
$GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['B'] = 'Pending';

---

Code:

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public function markAsRead($varValue)
{
  if($varValue == $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['A'])
  {
  $varValue = $GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['tl_realestate_contactor']['B'];
  }
return $varValue;
}

---

Like so?

Hi ramjet

you need to use the 'reference' configuration option

from:
http://www.contao.org/reference.html#fields

"Array that holds the options labels. Typically a reference to the global language array."

Some time ago I wrote an article that covers also this topic

It is here http://zedseries.blogspot.com/2009/1...e-options.html

take a look at 'printable' field in tl_article dca or 'rgxp' in tl_form_field dca

hope this helps

Thats absolutely perfect ga.n, thank you.
I'll have a good look over your site in the next few days (i did a while ago but most things were way over my head then.... hopefully I'll be a bit more clued in now)
Cheers very much, murray :D :D