Language switch with sessions

[eluser]siptik[/eluser]

Code:

class Start extends MY_Controller {
    
    public function index() {
        $this->lang->load('main', $this->session->userdata('language'));
  
        if (!$this->session->userdata('language'))
            $this->session->set_userdata('language','russian');
  
            $this->load->view('index');        
     }

    public function languageSwitch() {
       $this->session->set_userdata('language',$this->uri->segment(3));
       redirect('http://localhost/ci/start','refresh');
    }
}

veiw:

Code:

<a href="&lt;?=base_url()?&gt;start/languageSwitch/russian">ru</a>
<a href="&lt;?=base_url()?&gt;start/languageSwitch/english">english</a>
&lt;? echo $this->session->userdata('language');?&gt;