Multilang Addon

[dorzki]

Hello,

I'm trying to add support for multiple languages.

 

I have a function which runs when InvoicePaid hooks runs and sends an SMS notification to a certain phone number.

 

I've created two language files under lang directory on my addon directory - hebrew and english.

 

in English the file content is:

 

<?php

$_ADDONLANG['sms_message'] = 'Test';

 

But i can't seem to get the language in the function, i've tried $LANG and even Lang::trans('sms_message') and all i get is null.

 

Would love to get help as the developer documentation sucks.

[sentq]

you need to call the language file first:

<?php

add_hook("Your-Action-Hook-Point", 1, function($vars){
   include ROOTDIR . "/modules/addons/{Your-Addon}/lang/english.php";

   echo $_ADDONLANG['sms_message'];
});

[dorzki]

Why?

How so i know which language the current user uses?

 

Why WHMCS modules are so complicated, those are basic things that needs to be loaded automatically in the system...

[sentq]

user language can be detected using a session variable:

$userLang = $_SESSION['Language'];
// or the following
global $CONFIG;
$userLang = $CONFIG['Language'];

 

inside module functions the it's simple to use your translation

<?php

function addonmodule_output($vars){
   $LANG = $vars['_lang'];

   echo $LANG['sms_message'];
}

[Jumm]

What need  to pass variable to lang?

I have in  english.php

$_ADDONLANG['sms_message $variable'];

 

How can I get it in the hook?

[sentq]

9 hours ago, Jumm said:

What need  to pass variable to lang?

I have in  english.php

$_ADDONLANG['sms_message $variable'];

 

How can I get it in the hook?

you would need to do it by adding a key in the translation phrase as:

$_ADDONLANG['sms_message'] = "Hello :name";

then when you are about to display/use that phrase, you should replace that key with the appropriate value:

function addonmodule_output($vars)
{
    $_lang = $vars['_lang']; // an array of the currently loaded language variables from addon module

	$helloMessage = str_replace(":name", "John", $_lang['sms_message']);

	echo $helloMessage; // Hello John
}

that's how it works, and you can define as many different keys as you would need

[Jumm]

Thank you  for answer

whmcs functional doesn't have better option than php function str_replace?

[sentq]

11 minutes ago, Jumm said:

Thank you  for answer

whmcs functional doesn't have better option than php function str_replace?

well, for WHMCS main language I would use the following:
 

Lang::trans('sms_message', array('name' => "John"))

and that support to work as they use Laravel!

but as you want to use Addon language translation and as all the phrases has been already assigned into an array ($vars['_lang']) and since WHMCS doesn't have the same functionality above, the only option is to use "str_replace" which will give you the same result.

[Jumm]

Thank you