Idiomatic PHP client for Translation.

• API documentation

NOTE: This repository is part of Google Cloud PHP. Any support requests, bug reports, or development contributions should be directed to that project.

Dynamically translates text between thousands of language pairs. The Cloud Translation API lets websites and programs integrate with the translation service programmatically. The Google Translation API is part of the larger Cloud Machine Learning API family.

To begin, install the preferred dependency manager for PHP, Composer.

Now to install just this component:

$ composer require google/cloud-translate

Or to install the entire suite of components at once:

$ composer require google/cloud

Please see our Authentication guide for more information on authenticating your client. Once authenticated, you'll be ready to start making requests.

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Google\Cloud\Translate\TranslateClient;

$translate = new TranslateClient([
    'key' => 'your_key'
]);

// Translate text from english to french.
$result = $translate->translate('Hello world!', [
    'target' => 'fr'
]);

echo $result['text'] . "\n";

// Detect the language of a string.
$result = $translate->detectLanguage('Greetings from Michigan!');

echo $result['languageCode'] . "\n";

// Get the languages supported for translation specifically for your target language.
$languages = $translate->localizedLanguages([
    'target' => 'en'
]);

foreach ($languages as $language) {
    echo $language['name'] . "\n";
    echo $language['code'] . "\n";
}

// Get all languages supported for translation.
$languages = $translate->languages();

foreach ($languages as $language) {
    echo $language . "\n";
}

This component is considered GA (generally available). As such, it will not introduce backwards-incompatible changes in any minor or patch releases. We will address issues and requests with the highest priority.

1. Understand the official documentation.
2. Take a look at in-depth usage samples.