Select Menu and Internationalization

[ramjet]

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.

 '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

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

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

[grapio]

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

[ramjet]

 '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']),

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

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?

[ga.n]

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

[ramjet]

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