Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 7.x modules/system/language.api.php \hook_language_switch_links_alter()
  2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Language/language.api.php \hook_language_switch_links_alter()
  3. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Language/language.api.php \hook_language_switch_links_alter()

Perform alterations on language switcher links.

A language switcher link may need to point to a different path or use a translated link text before going through the link generator, which will just handle the path aliases.

Parameters

array $links: Nested array of links keyed by language code.

string $type: The language type the links will switch.

\Drupal\Core\Url $url: The URL the switch links will be relative to.

Related topics

Hooks
Define functions that alter the behavior of Drupal core.
1 function implements hook_language_switch_links_alter()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

language_test_language_switch_links_alter in core/modules/language/tests/language_test/language_test.module
Implements hook_language_switch_links_alter().
1 invocation of hook_language_switch_links_alter()
ConfigurableLanguageManager::getLanguageSwitchLinks in core/modules/language/src/ConfigurableLanguageManager.php

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Language/language.api.php, line 172
Hooks provided by the base system for language support.

Code

function hook_language_switch_links_alter(array &$links, $type, \Drupal\Core\Url $url) {
  $language_interface = \Drupal::languageManager()
    ->getCurrentLanguage();
  if ($type == LanguageInterface::TYPE_CONTENT && isset($links[$language_interface
    ->getId()])) {
    foreach ($links[$language_interface
      ->getId()] as $link) {
      $link['attributes']['class'][] = 'active-language';
    }
  }
}