CakePHP cache i18n translate

8
votes

When I forget to translate something, somewhere Project VIEW, I change the file /app/Locale/por/LC_MESSAGES/default.po and sending it back to the server.

But mostly, this 'new translation', takes HOURS to be viewed, in short: I just send the file, cleaned the cache and browser CakePHP, press F5, and ... NOTHING HAPPENS.

For what reason?

[EDIT]

<?php echo $this->Form->input('Item.0.description', array('label' => false, 
'class' => 'span12', 'div' => array('class' => 'span7'), 'rows' => 3,
'placeholder' => __('Type the description'))); ?>
3
phpcakephpcachinginternationalization
All cache (app/tmp/) and browser cache. – Patrick Maciel

3 Answers

12
votes

To force the language to update you can clear the persistent and models directories in the /tmp/cache directory. If view caching is enabled you'll have to clean out views as well.

Caching is disabled when debug is set to 2 (which is the value for using the framework during development) and the persistent directory is populated with new cache files, overwriting the old ones each time a view is loaded. So the debug switch and subsequent browser refresh might clean the old language files for you.

2
votes

I found a strange solution:

I set (app/Config/core.php)...

Configure::write('debug', 2); // It was 0

Press, F5... wait... and works. Later, I back...

    Configure::write('debug', 0);

Press F5 again, and works.

Why? I no have idea.

0
votes

Even if Configure::write('debug', 2); I recommend to delete the remote folder containing the translations, refresh with browser (to state that nothing is translated anymore) then reupload the translations folder.

Works perfectly that way for me.