When they click on the tab to change languages, you could have that go back to a page
on
the main site, reset the cookie, and then send it on to the site you want it to go to.
-Angela
Jeremy Gillies wrote:
>
> angela,
>
> this would work if people did not switch back and forth between langauges.
> We have many bilingual users who want print copies, for example, in french
> and english. Each time they click a little tab at the top, it will switch
> languages and sites too, BUT will remain with the corresponding text in the
> other language.
>
> thank you for your help so far,
> jeremy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Angela [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:57 AM
> > To: Jeremy Gillies; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: PHP and cookies and/or headers
> >
> >
> > On your splash page, instead of having it send the user
> > directly to either the english or
> > french site, first have it send to another page on that
> > domain along with a variable to
> > tell it whether it's english or french. For example, the
> > English button would be linked
> > to "setcookie.php?Language=English" and the French button
> > would be linked to
> > "setcookie.php?Language=Francais". On the setcookie.php
> > page, use an if statement to
> > determine which language they chose, then inside of it set
> > the cookie then redirect them
> > to the language site of their choice. For example:
> >
> > <?
> > if($Language=="English"){
> > setcookie("Language", "$Language");
> > header("location: http://www.english.com");
> > }else{
> > setcookie("Language", "$Language");
> > header("location: http://www.francais.com");
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > Then on your home page, you would have it check for these cookies:
> >
> > <?
> > if($Language=="English"){
> > header("location: http://www.english.com");
> > }elseif($Language=="Francais"){
> > header("location: http://www.francais.com");
> > }else{
> > show_the_choice_page();
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > I think this would be the best solution. Let me know if
> > anybody comes up with anything
> > better.
> > -Angela
> >
> > --
> > Angela Curtis
> > Internet Programmer
> > Innovative Business Consultants
> > http://www.ibc2001.com
> >
--
Angela Curtis
Internet Programmer
Innovative Business Consultants
http://www.ibc2001.com
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