Manual:generateJsonI18n.php

MediaWiki file: generateJsonI18n.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.41.1 • 1.40.3 • 1.39.7
Classes:	GenerateJsonI18n

Details

MediaWiki version:

<translate> ≥</translate> 1.23

Gerrit change 102171

generateJsonI18n.php file is a maintenance script to generate JSON-formatted i18n files from legacy PHP array-based MediaWiki i18n files.

Usage

php maintenance/generateJsonI18n.php phpfile jsondir

where:

phpfile - PHP file defining a $messages array. Required unless --extension is provided.
jsondir - directory to write the JSON files to. Will default to $phpfile/i18n.

Script dependent parameters

Option/Parameter	Description
--langcode="lang"	Language code; only needed for converting core i18n files.
--extension	1.24 Perform default conversion on an extension. If you use this parameter, don't specify the `phpfile` argument. It will make `phpfile` be set as `"$IP/extensions/$extension/$extension.i18n.php"`, and `targetfolder` will be set to `i18n`
--shim-only	Only create or update the backward-compatibility shim
--supplementary	Find supplementary i18n files in subdirs and convert those

Example

cd core/extensions/YourExtension
mkdir i18n
php ../../maintenance/generateJsonI18n.php ExtensionName.i18n.php i18n

MediaWiki version:

<translate> ≥</translate> 1.24

Gerrit change 122659

Alternate way for extensions, since Gerrit change 122659: This example performs the default conversions in $IP/extensions/WikiLove/, replacing the WikiLove.i18n.php file with a backwards-compatibility shim and porting messages to the WikiLove/i18n/ directory.

php maintenance/generateJsonI18n.php --extension WikiLove

Suggested migration process

If your extension has not been converted already:

Make sure you have the latest code
Create the i18n directory
Run the script
Update your extension's entry file to add $wgMessagesDirs ['YourExtension'] = __DIR__ . '/i18n';
Commit it to Gerrit if the extension is hosted there
Add Siebrand and Raimond as reviewers if the extension is translated in translatewiki.net
Wait for review and all should go smoothly