locale_add_language

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Definition

locale_add_language($langcode, $name = NULL, $native = NULL, $direction = LANGUAGE_LTR, $domain = '', $prefix = '', $enabled = TRUE, $default = FALSE)
includes/locale.inc, line 933

Description

API function to add a language.

Parameters

$langcode Language code.

$name English name of the language

$native Native name of the language

$direction LANGUAGE_LTR or LANGUAGE_RTL

$domain Optional custom domain name with protocol, without trailing slash (eg. http://de.example.com).

$prefix Optional path prefix for the language. Defaults to the language code if omitted.

$enabled Optionally TRUE to enable the language when created or FALSE to disable.

$default Optionally set this language to be the default.

Code

<?php
function locale_add_language($langcode, $name = NULL, $native = NULL, $direction = LANGUAGE_LTR, $domain = '', $prefix = '', $enabled = TRUE, $default = FALSE) {
  // Default prefix on language code.
  if (empty($prefix)) {
    $prefix = $langcode;
  }

  // If name was not set, we add a predefined language.
  if (!isset($name)) {
    $predefined = _locale_get_predefined_list();
    $name = $predefined[$langcode][0];
    $native = isset($predefined[$langcode][1]) ? $predefined[$langcode][1] : $predefined[$langcode][0];
    $direction = isset($predefined[$langcode][2]) ? $predefined[$langcode][2] : LANGUAGE_LTR;
  }

  db_query("INSERT INTO {languages} (language, name, native, direction, domain, prefix, enabled) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', %d)", $langcode, $name, $native, $direction, $domain, $prefix, $enabled);

  // Only set it as default if enabled.
  if ($enabled && $default) {
    variable_set('language_default', (object) array('language' => $langcode, 'name' => $name, 'native' => $native, 'direction' => $direction, 'enabled' => (int) $enabled, 'plurals' => 0, 'formula' => '', 'domain' => '', 'prefix' => $prefix, 'weight' => 0, 'javascript' => ''));
  }

  if ($enabled) {
    // Increment enabled language count if we are adding an enabled language.
    variable_set('language_count', variable_get('language_count', 1) + 1);
  }

  // Force JavaScript translation file creation for the newly added language.
  _locale_invalidate_js($langcode);

  watchdog('locale', 'The %language language (%code) has been created.', array('%language' => $name, '%code' => $langcode));
}
?>