languages.php File Reference

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Functions
	elgg_echo (string $message_key, array $args=[], string $language='')
	Elgg language module Functions to manage language and translations. More...
	elgg_get_current_language ()
	Get the current system/user language or 'en'. More...
	elgg_language_key_exists (string $key, string $language='en')
	Check if a given language key exists. More...

Function Documentation

elgg_echo()

elgg_echo	(	string	$message_key,
		array	$args = [],
		string	$language = ''
	)

Elgg language module Functions to manage language and translations.

Given a message key, returns an appropriately translated full-text string

Parameters

string	$message_key	The short message code
array	$args	An array of arguments to pass through vsprintf().
string	$language	Optionally, the standard language code (defaults to site/user default, then English)

Returns

string Either the translated string, the English string or the original language string.

Examples

/root/Elgg/engine/lib/output.php.

Definition at line 17 of file languages.php.

elgg_get_current_language()

elgg_get_current_language

(

)

Get the current system/user language or 'en'.

Returns

string

Since

4.3

Examples

/root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 27 of file languages.php.

elgg_language_key_exists()

elgg_language_key_exists	(	string	$key,
		string	$language = 'en'
	)

Check if a given language key exists.

Note

Translators should, whenever creating a "dynamically" named language key, always create an English (fallback) translation as well.

Parameters

string	$key	The translation key
string	$language	The language. Provided an English translation exists for all created keys, then devs can generally use the default "en", regardless of the site/user language.

Returns

bool

Since

1.11

Definition at line 44 of file languages.php.