INI source files are human readable but normally not very small as they also include other data beside translations. If you have data which shall be editable by your customers you can use the INI adapter.
Example 949. Example INI file
[Test] ;TestPage Comment Message_1="Nachricht 1 (de)" Message_2="Nachricht 2 (de)" Message_3="Nachricht :3 (de)"
<?php
$translate = new Zend_Translate(
array(
'adapter' => 'ini',
'content' => '/path/to/mytranslation.ini',
'locale' => 'de'
)
);
$translate->addTranslation(
array(
'content' => '/path/to/other.ini',
'locale' => 'it'
)
);
INI files have several restrictions. If a value in the
INI file contains any non-alphanumeric characters it needs to be
enclosed in double-quotes ("). There are also reserved words which
must not be used as keys for INI files. These include:
NULL, yes, no, TRUE, and
FALSE. Values NULL, no
and FALSE results in "",
yes and TRUE results in '1'. Characters
{}|&~![()" must not be used anywhere in the key and have a
special meaning in the value. Do not use them as it will produce unexpected behaviour.