title: What to use for localization (php/smarty/pear application)?
body: <p>I have a php/smarty/pear app that has it's own localization implementation that involves using ids for strings and the strings are stored in a db. currently the app is only in English but I will start adding other languages. The current implementation is very poor and basically I'm not a big fan of re-inventing the wheel. </p>
  
  <p>Can anybody recommend what to use for localization? I had used gettext years ago, is that still used or is there something newer and better ?</p>
  
  <p>thanks in advance.</p>