Let’s start off simple:

<?php
require("GTranslate.php");
try {
	$gt = new Gtranslate;
	echo "Translating [Hello World] from English to German => ".$gt->english_to_german("hello world")."<br/>";
	echo "Translating [Ciao mondo] Italian to English => ".$gt->it_to_en("Ciao mondo")."<br/>";
} catch (GTranslateException $ge)  {
	echo $ge->getMessage();
}
?>

Create a Function to Detect Language:
First Example for Ben’s Translator Plugin (Using a Session Variable):

<?php
function translateThis ($myText) {
	$pageURL = 'http';
	if ($_SERVER["HTTPS"] == "on") {$pageURL .= "s";}
		$pageURL .= "://";
	if ($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] != "80") {
		$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	} else {
		$pageURL .= $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"].$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	}
	//return $pageURL;
	$myVal = substr($pageURL, 0, 28);
	if ($myVal == "http://welovecakephp.com/es/") {
		$_SESSION['pLang'] = "ES";
	} else {
		$_SESSION['pLang'] = "EN";
	}
	if ($_SESSION['pLang'] == "ES") {
		require("GTranslate.php");
		/*
			these variable can be used in conjunction with JS dynamic content to make translated content easier
			ie: change image folders/forms/etc basically things that WordPress plugins might screw up
		*/
		$myLang = "es";
		$myLangDir = "/es";
		try {
			$gt = new Gtranslate;
			$gt->setRequestType('curl');
			echo $gt->en_to_es($myText);
		} catch (GTranslateException $ge) {
			echo $ge->getMessage();
		}
	} else {
		$myLang = "en";
		$myLangDir = "";
	}
}
?>

Second example (Using a Cookie):

<?php if ($_COOKIE['pLang'] != "English") { $_SESSION['pLang'] = "ES"; } else { $_SESSION['pLang'] = "EN"; }?>

Sample Usage

<?php
	$myVar = "This is a test of language translation, not word by word but instead this translates the intended meaning";
	translateThis($myVar);
?>

Of course you can change settings within this to suit your translation needs and this is a single use setup but it suited the purpose for which I needed it. I hope this helps you out, cheers!

Warning: mktime() expects parameter 1 to be long, string given in/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap-core.php on line 2438

A solution for this was posted in the WordPress forums and is posted below:

1. Find and edit the plugin file sitemap-core.php then go to line number 2438
2. Comment out the old line:

   • //return mktime($hour, $min, $sec, $month, $day, $year);

3. Then paste this on the next line:

   • return mktime(doubleval( $hour), $min, $sec, $month, $day, doubleval($year));

4. So the two lines should look like this:

   • //return mktime($hour, $min, $sec, $month, $day, $year);
     return mktime(doubleval( $hour), $min, $sec, $month, $day, doubleval($year));

5. Save the file and attempt to rebuild sitemap once more and this time it should work like a charm!

<?
photosets_getPhotos($photoset_id, NULL, NULL, 15, 1);

	// create a random interval for the timer between 6 and 10 seconds
	$randomnumber= rand(6,10);

	// create an array to output as xml
	$xml_output = "\n";
	foreach ((array)$photos['photo'] as $photo) {
		$xml_output .= "buildPhotoURL($photo, "medium") . "\" ";
		$xml_output .= "/>\n";
		$i++;
	}
	$xml_output .= "\n";
	echo $xml_output;

	// you're done!
?>

Simple and straight forward.

Why would you use jQuery instead of (insert name of your favorite script library)?
I prefer jQuery to most other script libraries as it can be used for everything you’d need. It may be a bit heavier (20k compressed) but the cross browser support is fantastic. Plus if 20k in javascript is too heavy for your site, you should probably revise your page assets (images, flash, inline scripting, etc). Enough ranting here are some examples of this plugin in action.

Text link examples:

Alex and her purposely blurred roommate | Oh many a night we play around the halls of Goathill Tavern | Lindsey at Goathill

Image link examples:

Release Notes and Download

As this was made in one afternoon and made for fun the image set is for any image links on the page (I will fix this later) In the download package just drag and drop the folder into your wordpress plugins folder and that should take care of it.

download without jQuery included
download with jQuery included

If you use it please credit me somewhere and/or leave a comment here! Please don’t directly link to my script!

UPDATE: further development has ceased on this project as since its inception there have been great advances by other developers offering a standalone and WordPress plugin that works fantastically! Check out Lytebox (standalone) or WP-Lytebox (WordPress Plugin for version 1.5+)

In a week or so I will be releasing more WordPress plugins: side admin toolbar, automatic lightbox incorporation via jQuery, etc)

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