i18nPOStrings

<?php
function i18nPOStrings() {
    $locale = str_replace('-', '_', get_instance()->config->item('language_ui')->locale);
    //$default = str_replace('-', '_', get_instance()->config->item('language_ui_default')->locale);

    $dir = APPPATH . 'language/locale/' . $locale . '/LC_MESSAGES/';
    $files = glob($dir . '*.po');

    foreach ($files as $file) {
        $contents .= file_get_contents($file) or die('Could not read from file.');

        preg_match_all('/msgid "(.*?[^\\])"/', $contents, $keys);
        preg_match_all('/msgstr "(.*?[^\\])"/', $contents, $strings);

        $output = array_combine($keys[1], $strings[1]);
    }

    return $output;
}
?>