Getting current language in Templates?

[Hal9000]

Hello!

My WHMCS is running with several languages, and I want to customize a template file in that it loads a different image depending on the current language.

However, is there a variable I can use in the template that contains the current language name?

[m00]

{$language}

[Hal9000]

lol that was easy thank you!

[HostRW]

Has the $language variable changed in the latest WHMCS version?

 

I am using following to select either Dutch or the standard language when calling a template:

 

 

# Define the template filename to be used without the .tpl extension

 

if ($language == "NL-Dutch")

{

$templatefile = "aboutus-nl";

}

else

{

$templatefile = "aboutus";

}

 

outputClientArea($templatefile);

 

 

This worked fine until the latest version. Now after displaying the Dutch once it switches back to the default language.

 

Any ideas how to fix this?

[m00]

Try this:

if ($smarty->_tpl_vars['language'] == "Dutch")
$templatefile = "aboutus-nl";
else
$templatefile = "aboutus";

outputClientArea($templatefile);

[HostRW]

Hi M00

 

That works just great, thank you!

I also just found a way to select the language in the template using $language and an if statement.

So now I have 2 ways to do the job... Hm, which one will I take now...

[HerrZ]

additional question:

 

is the Smarty var $filename new in v4.2.1?

[HostRW]

Not sure, but something must have changed as my solution worked fine before the upgrade to v4.2.1

 

As I asked Matt the same question as above he answered:

 

I don't think $language is a variable that would be defined in custom pages. $_SESSION['Language'] is where the currently selected language is stored if different from the default.

 

Not sure about how to use $_SESSION['Language'] though...

[m00]

Hi M00

 

That works just great, thank you!

I also just found a way to select the language in the template using $language and an if statement.

So now I have 2 ways to do the job... Hm, which one will I take now...

 

That was the actual thing I meant in my first reply, but it will work both.

 

additional question:

 

is the Smarty var $filename new in v4.2.1?

 

No

 

EDIT:

Not sure, but something must have changed as my solution worked fine before the upgrade to v4.2.1

 

As I asked Matt the same question as above he answered:

 

 

 

Not sure about how to use $_SESSION['Language'] though...

 

I would recommend to use the language defined inside Smarty. This is just the language how it shows it the customer.

Edited March 23, 2010 by m00