languages.php File Reference

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

Function Documentation

add_translation	(		$country_code,
			$language_array
	)

Add a translation.

Translations are arrays in the Zend Translation array format, eg:

$english = array('message1' => 'message1', 'message2' => 'message2'); $german = array('message1' => 'Nachricht1','message2' => 'Nachricht2');

Parameters

string	$country_code	Standard country code (eg 'en', 'nl', 'es')
array	$language_array	Formatted array of strings

Returns

bool Depending on success

Definition at line 35 of file languages.php.

elgg_echo	(		$message_key,
		array	$args = [],
			$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 18 of file languages.php.

elgg_language_key_exists	(		$key,
			$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 61 of file languages.php.

get_current_language

(

)

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

Returns

string The language code for the site/user or "en" if not set

Examples:

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

Definition at line 44 of file languages.php.