How do I change language

  • kardoo

    (@kardoo)


    5 years ago

    Hello, I would like to find a way to change my website’s language based on the cookie that I have made it save.
    I have a custom plugin that saves the language cookies like this:

    function aws_set_language_cookie() {

    //To save the language in a cookie
    
    $current_language = get_locale();
    
    if ($current_language == "es_ES") {
        $result = setcookie('lang', $current_language, time() + (30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS), '/');

    } else {
        $result = setcookie('lang', $current_language, time() + (30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS), '/');
    }

    //To read the cookie and change the language based on the cookie
    
    if (isset($_COOKIE['lang']) && $_COOKIE['lang'] == "es_ES") {
        //need code to change website language to spanish here
    }
}

    How do I change the language to Spanish inside the last if statement?

    The plugin I use to change my website’s language is called TranslatePress

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • a2hostingrj

    (@a2hostingrj)

    5 years ago

    Wouldn’t the first conditions change the language to Spanish?

    What would be the value of the cookie?

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    5 years ago

    You can change language with the “locale” filter.

    add_action('locale', function(){
   return 'es_ES';
});

    This does need to be done before the translation system attempts to fetch any language files.

    soufianecool

    (@soufianecool)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I had the same need, I fixed the problem with the redirects

    switch ($lang)
    {
    case ‘EN’:
    wp_redirect( “https://mysite.com/en/” );
    die;
    break;
    case ‘FR’:
    wp_redirect( “https://mysite.com” );
    die;
    break;
    default:
    wp_redirect( “https://mysite.com” );
    die;
    break;
    }

    hope that helps.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by soufianecool.
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