Switching language in new custom pages does not work

[poliquinp]

Hello,

 

I tried to look arround before posting but it did not helped me.

 

I have created a new page named « games.php » where I do some sorts for custom queries and custom texts. But when it comes to change the language with the original language switcher, it does not work. I have to go back on the homepage, switch the language and return on games.php to see my changes.

 

In the header, I use those lines of code

 

<ul class="nav-lang">
  <li><a href="{$currentpagelinkback}language=english" data-lang="en"><img src="templates/{$template}/img/svg/english.svg" class="svg" alt="English" width="24" /> En</a></li>
  <li><a href="{$currentpagelinkback}language=french" data-lang="en"><img src="templates/{$template}/img/svg/french.svg" class="svg" alt="French" width="24" /> Fr</a></li>
  <li><a href="{$currentpagelinkback}language=german" data-lang="en"><img src="templates/{$template}/img/svg/german.svg" class="svg" alt="German" width="24" /> De</a></li>
</ul>

 

As I say, it works great on defaults .php pages. Here is my custom games.php code (Almost copied all the code explained on the main documentation -> https://developers.whmcs.com/advanced/creating-pages/ )

<?php

use WHMCS\Database\Capsule;

//define("CLIENTAREA", false);
//define("FORCESSL", false);

require("init.php");

$ca = new WHMCS_ClientArea();

$ca->setPageTitle("Our games");

$ca->addToBreadCrumb('index.php', Lang::trans('globalsystemname'));
$ca->addToBreadCrumb('games.php', 'Our games');

$ca->initPage();

//$ca->requireLogin(); // Uncomment this line to require a login to access this page

# To assign variables to the template system use the following syntax.
# These can then be referenced using {$variablename} in the template.


$games = array();

foreach (Capsule::table('tblproductgroups')->where('id', '>', '3')->where('hidden', '=', '0')->orderBy('order', 'asc')->get() as $group) {

foreach (Capsule::table('tblproducts')->where('gid', '=', $group->id)->get() as $game) {

	$games[$group->id]['games'][] = $game;

}

$games[$group->id]['details'] = $group;


}

$ca->assign('games', $games);

Menu::addContext();
Menu::primarySidebar('announcementList');
Menu::secondarySidebar('announcementList');

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

$ca->setTemplate('games');

$ca->output();

[David_Jackson39]

I added a new page, games.php, with custom queries and text, but the language switcher isn't working directly on it. I have to switch languages on the homepage first, then return to games.php to see the changes.

[Mytihost]

Try the following add it directly below <?php

 

if (isset($_GET['language'])) {
    $_SESSION['Language'] = $_GET['language'];
    header("Location: games.php");
    exit;
}

 

[berbas79]

Your custom games.php page needs to read the language parameter from the URL and set the language accordingly before loading the page content. Otherwise, it will not show the selected language immediately.

Code to add at the top of games.php:

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<?php require("init.php"); // Check if a language is passed in the URL and set it; default to English if not if (isset($_GET['language'])) { \WHMCS\Language\Language::setLanguage($_GET['language']); } else { \WHMCS\Language\Language::setLanguage('english'); } $ca = new WHMCS_ClientArea(); $ca->setPageTitle("Our games"); $ca->addToBreadCrumb('index.php',Lang::trans('globalsystemname')); $ca->addToBreadCrumb('games.php', 'Our games'); $ca->initPage(); // Your existing code continues here...

Update your language switcher links to this format:

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<ul class="nav-lang"> <li><a href="games.php?language=english">En</a></li> <li><a href="games.php?language=french">Fr</a></li> <li><a href="games.php?language=german">De</a></li> </ul>

This will ensure that when you click a language on games.php, the page reloads in the selected language immediately without needing to go back to the homepage first.