Php – In frontend how to get which language is active among installed different languages in Open cart

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I have installed and themed Opencart 1.5.4x with multiple languages (English, Duch, German) on live server. Opencart application works properly with these languages.

When I click on the language link and browse whole site, the content of the site is translated in this language, but how to find out, programatically, which language is active?

I need to show the user which language is currently active.

Best Answer

I guess You should call $this->config->get('config_language_id'); within a controller or model to get the ID of currently active language.

That means, if You have implemented Your own language switcher, in Your controller set the language to the template:

$this->data['active_language_id'] = $this->config->get('config_language_id');

and then within Your template do something like:

<?php foreach($languages as $language) { ?>
<a href="..." class="lang-select <?php if $language['language_id'] == $active_language_id) echo ' active'; ?>"><?php echo $language['code']; ?></a>
<?php } ?>

I hope this is what You need to solve and that it would help.

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Direct link to language in OpenCart

Nowadays opencart doesn't support this function, but in the past , older versions of Opencart did have this function.

If you want to include this function in your website you will have to do the following:

Edit this file: catalog/controller/module/language.php

find this:

    class ControllerModuleLanguage extends Controller {
        protected function index() {
            if (isset($this->request->post['language_code'])) {

before the "if", you will have to include the following :

if (isset($this->request->get['lang'])) {

    $this->session->data['language'] = $this->request->get['lang'];

    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], $this->config->get('config_url')) !== false) ) {

        $this->redirect($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);

    } else {

        $this->redirect($this->url->link('common/home'));

    }

} else  {

The source

An example of website with this code:

http://incomingtospain.com/madrid&lang=de

http://incomingtospain.com/madrid&lang=ru

This website has 8 idioms and you can access by different url, with this variable "lang" &lang=es &lang=en ... &lang=de &lang=ru

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Direct link to language in OpenCart

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