Editing blocks of defines

I have a client wanting to translate their website to various languages. Part of that entails FTP'ing into the language files and changing things like this:

define('NAVBAR_TITLE_1', 'My Account');
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_2', 'Change Password');

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'It\s My Password');

define('MY_PASSWORD_TITLE', 'It\'s My Password');

I fear that this client will accidentally cut a beginning or ending apostrophe or forget to escape something (been there/done that!). I thought about striping everything out and putting it in a spreadsheet but that is quite a task. Is there a PHP editor that can make that task a bit more manageable or foolproof? Some easy way to parse those out for editing?

Thanks,
Jim

If you download the language pack your client wants to translate to from the Plugins area at the top of this page, the job might already be done for you.

As for the subsequent changes he might want to make though, your best path is to test before you deploy. Get him to send you his changes. If you run them through php, the interpreter will tell you if there's a missing quotation mark. (A PHP Editor is likely more than he wants.)

swguy:

If you download the language pack your client wants to translate to from the Plugins area at the top of this page, the job might already be done for you.
Yes, those are helpful but this client loves to tweak the various defines to meet his expectations. So there are quite a few overrides to contend with.

swguy:

As for the subsequent changes he might want to make though, your best path is to test before you deploy. Get him to send you his changes. If you run them through php, the interpreter will tell you if there's a missing quotation mark. (A PHP Editor is likely more than he wants.)

He's a do-it-yourselfer (and hates to pay me for any more than stuff he can't grasp or stuff he screws up :frusty: ). But him sending the changes to me for a once-over is probably the compromise we'll end up with. Just thought I'd see if there was some other solution I overlooked.

js

Perhaps recommend that he use a syntax-aware editor like Notepad++ so that he can see when he messes up any quote marks, etc. Might save you both some trouble in the long run.