initial gettext integration

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diff --git a/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php b/includes/helper/internationalization_helper.php
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+<?php
+$locales = array(
+    'de_DE.UTF-8' => "Deutsch",
+    'en_US.UTF-8' => "English" 
+);
+
+$default_locale = 'en_US.UTF-8';
+
+/**
+ * Initializes gettext for internationalization and updates the sessions locale to use for translation.
+ */
+function gettext_init() {
+  global $locales, $default_locale;
+  
+  if (isset($_REQUEST['set_locale']) && in_array($_REQUEST['set_locale'], array_keys($locales)))
+    $_SESSION['locale'] = $_REQUEST['set_locale'];
+  elseif (! isset($_SESSION['locale']))
+    $_SESSION['locale'] = $default_locale;
+  
+  putenv('LC_ALL=' . $_SESSION['locale']);
+  setlocale(LC_ALL, $_SESSION['locale']);
+  bindtextdomain('default', '../locale');
+  bind_textdomain_codeset('default', 'UTF-8');
+  textdomain('default');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders language selection.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function make_langselect() {
+  global $locales;
+  $URL = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] . (strpos($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], "?") > 0 ? '&' : '?') . "set_locale=";
+  
+  $html = '<p class="content">';
+  foreach ($locales as $locale => $name)
+    $html .= '<a class="sprache" href="' . htmlspecialchars($URL) . $locale . '"><img src="pic/flag/' . $locale . '.png" alt="' . $name . '" title="' . $name . '"></a>';
+  $html .= '</p>';
+  return '<nav class="container"><h4>' . _("Language") . '</h4>' . $html . '</nav>';
+}
+
+?>
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