Using language string in hook that changes the navbar

[DennisHermannsen]

How would I go about using language strings in hooks? Should be simple, but I really can't wrap my head around it

[brian!]

in a navbar hook, you would use it as shown in the thread below...

 

https://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?117618-Hook-with-variable-from-language-file&p=475286#post475286

 

e.g find the entry in the language file, e.g english.php, and then use Lang::trans to output the string in the current language.

 

searching for lang::trans in the forum should find a lot of example hooks where this technique has been used.

 

I don't think it's mentioned in the docs, but if all you want to change us the text (label) of a default navbar child, you can often just change it using Language Overrides without the need for a hook... though if you need to add/remove a navbar child, then a hook is the way to go.

[DennisHermannsen]

Alrighty, thanks brian!

 

After working a bit with it, I made it work. I had some trouble fixing this when just adding a child to the 'root' (a link in the menu), but it was fixed by creating an array after.

Ended up with this:

$primaryNavbar->addChild('MyItem', array('label' => Lang::trans('my_item')))->setOrder(2);

[brian!]

that looks fine... there are a few ways to do it... and when you first start with these navbar hooks, any way that doesn't cause a blank screen can be considered a success!