i18n

[xploita]

for i18n.why do some apps like joomla tend to use .ini files to strore string in multiple languages.why not just use a php file containing the strings and store it i unicode format just like the .ini file is stored in unicode format?

[strasm]

using ini files and config files make it easy for none coders to change settings in a program. Certainly programs could be coded so that you have to open up the code and change the variables, but then you would loose some flexibility.