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Requirement
CodeIgniter 2.1.X
Enable Session
What it does
Have the language field in the URL, exapmle:
Code:
?lang=en-us
index.php/welcome/index?lang=en-us
Installation
copy application/config/language.php to your_app/application/config/
copy application/core/MY_Lang.php to your_app/application/core/
Code:
$ cp application/config/language.php our_app/application/config/
$ cp application/core/MY_Lang.php your_app/application/core/
Configuration
Open application/config/language.php file
language_field
You can find this field in URL, default value is "lang", example: ?lang=zh-tw
language_default_key
Default language you want to output.
language_list
The language array lists you can support.
key: defined from $_['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']
value: corresponding to your language folder.
How to use
application/language/english/about_lang.php
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
$lang['home'] = "Home";
$lang['introduction'] = "Introduction";
$lang['location'] = "Location";
View
Code:
<p><?php echo lang('about.home')?></p>
<p><?php echo lang('about.introduction')?></p>
<p><?php echo lang('about.location')?></p>
The language class will add prefix value on all language array key automatically.
example:
Code:
about_lang.php => key: about.xxxx
api_lang.php => Key: api.xxxx