How to make contact form multilanguage - php

Question

So I have to make contact form multilingual, but im stuck for 7 hours already.
SO i have to make ajax ok/error messages without duplicating code.
$language = $_GET["language"] OR $language == "en";
$language = $_GET["language"] OR $language == "es";
$language = $_GET["language"] OR $language == "pl";
if ($language == "en") {
$okMessage = 'Thank you, we will get back to you soon!';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
}
if ($language == "pl") {
$okMessage = 'Dziękujemy, skontaktujemy się niedługo';
$errorMessage = 'W wiadomości pojawił się błąd, prosimy spróbować później';
}
if ($language == "es") {
$okMessage = 'Gracias, nos pondremos en contacto con usted pronto!';
$errorMessage = 'Hubo un error al enviar la solicitud. Por favor intente de nuevo.';
}
So what i want my code to do is that when im on poland contact form page. like www.website.com/pl-contact-page.php?language=pl - it gives me error/success messages in poland

Answer 1

After reading this thread I decided to give my little help, I changed a bit your code to get it more easy and secure... what that you need is Query String and Parse String... the rest is simple... I tested on my localtest and works fine...
<?php
#ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
$gurl = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$ourl = array();
parse_str($gurl, $ourl);
if (isset($ourl['language']) || (!empty($ourl['language']))) {
$language = htmlspecialchars($ourl['language'], ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
if ($language == "en") {
$okMessage = 'Thank you, we will get back to you soon!';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
} elseif ($language == "pl") {
$okMessage = 'Dziekujemy, skontaktujemy sie niedlugo';
$errorMessage = 'W wiadomosci pojawil sie blad, prosimy spróbowac pózniej';
} elseif ($language == "es") {
$okMessage = 'Gracias, nos pondremos en contacto con usted pronto!';
$errorMessage = 'Hubo un error al enviar la solicitud. Por favor intente de nuevo';
}
// echo $okMessage; #Debug purpose
// echo $errorMessage; #Debug purpose
} else {
echo ("No language available!");
}
?>
Version with my function get_messages() that detect the correct string code (UTF-8 or ANSI):
<?php
#ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
$gurl = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$ourl = array();
parse_str($gurl, $ourl);
if (isset($ourl['language']) || (!empty($ourl['language']))) {
$language = htmlspecialchars($ourl['language'], ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
function get_messages($string) {
return mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', mb_detect_encoding($string, 'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1', true));
}
if ($language == "en") {
$okMessage = get_messages('Thank you, we will get back to you soon!');
$errorMessage = get_messages('There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later');
} elseif ($language == "pl") {
$okMessage = get_messages('Dziekujemy, skontaktujemy sie niedlugo');
$errorMessage = get_messages('W wiadomosci pojawil sie blad, prosimy spróbowac pózniej');
} elseif ($language == "es") {
$okMessage = get_messages('Gracias, nos pondremos en contacto con usted pronto!');
$errorMessage = get_messages('Hubo un error al enviar la solicitud. Por favor intente de nuevo');
}
// echo $okMessage; #Debug purpose
// echo $errorMessage; #Debug purpose
} else {
echo ("No language available!");
}
?>
http://localhost-test/contact-page.php?language=pl
http://localhost-test/contact-page.php?language=en
http://localhost-test/contact-page.php?language=es
http://localhost-test/contact-page.php
Notes: you have to echo somewhere your messages otherwise the code appears not working well...
I hope this helps.