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setLanguage()

Description

Set the user's current language based on get/post/cookie values as appropriate.

Parameters

This function accepts no parameters.

Return

string The language string set

Location

include/language_functions.php lines 616 to 648

Definition

 
function setLanguage()
    {
    global $browser_language,$disable_languages,$defaultlanguage,$languages,$baseurl_short;
    $language="";
    if (isset($_GET["language_set"]))
        {
        $language=$_GET["language_set"];
        if(array_key_exists($language,$languages)) 
            {
            # Cannot use the general.php: rs_setcookie() here since general may not have been included.
            # Set new cookie
            setcookie("language", $language, time() + (3600*24*1000));
            setcookie("language", $language, time() + (3600*24*1000), $baseurl_short . "pages/", '', false, true);          
            return $language;
            }
        else
            {
            $language="";
            }
        }
    if (isset($_GET["language"]) && array_key_exists((string)$_GET["language"],$languages)) {return $_GET["language"];} 
    if (isset($_POST["language"]) && array_key_exists((string)$_POST["language"],$languages)) {return $_POST["language"];}
    if (isset($_COOKIE["language"]) && array_key_exists((string)$_COOKIE["language"],$languages)) {return $_COOKIE["language"];}

    if(!$disable_languages && $browser_language && isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']))
        {
        $language = http_get_preferred_language();
        if(!empty($language) && array_key_exists($language,$languages)){return $language;}
        } 
    if(($disable_languages || $language ==="") && isset($defaultlanguage)) {return $defaultlanguage;}
    # Final case.
    return 'en';
    }

This article was last updated 13th December 2024 20:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 27th November 2024 15:30 Europe/London time.