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+<?php 
+/*
+ * SimpleID
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Kelvin Mo 2012
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ * 
+ * $Id$
+ */
+/**
+ * Localisation support.
+ *
+ * @package simpleid
+ * @since 0.9
+ * @filesource
+ */
+ 
+include_once 'lib/gettext/gettext.inc.php';
+ 
+/**
+ * Initialises the localisation system.
+ *
+ * @param string $locale the locale to use
+ */
+function locale_init($locale) {
+    T_setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, $locale);
+    // Set the text domain as 'messages'
+    $domain = 'messages';
+    bindtextdomain($domain, 'locale');
+    // bind_textdomain_codeset is supported only in PHP 4.2.0+
+    if (function_exists('bind_textdomain_codeset')) 
+        bind_textdomain_codeset($domain, 'UTF-8');
+    textdomain($domain);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Translates a string.
+ *
+ * @param string $string the string to translate
+ * @param array $variables an array of replacements variables to be made after
+ * a translation. Prefix the variable with a @ to make the replacement HTML safe,
+ * a % to make the replacement HTML safe and surround with &lt;strong&gt; tags,
+ * and ! to replace as is
+ * @return string the translated string
+ */
+function t($string, $variables = array()) {
+    $translated = gettext($string);
+    
+    foreach ($variables as $variable => $value) {
+        switch ($variable[0]) {
+            case '@':
+                $variables[$variable] = htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+                break;
+            case '%':
+            default:
+                $variables[$variable] = '<strong>' . htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . '</strong>';
+                break;
+            case '!':
+                // Pass-through.
+        }
+  }
+  return strtr($translated, $variables);
+}
+?>