function install_select_locale

Installation task; select which locale to use for the current profile.

Parameters

$install_state: An array of information about the current installation state. The chosen locale will be added here, if it was not already selected previously, as will a list of all available locales.

Return value

For interactive installations, a form or other page output allowing the locale to be selected or providing information about locale selection, if a locale has not been chosen. Otherwise, an exception is thrown if a locale cannot be chosen automatically.

File

includes/install.core.inc, line 1232

Code

function install_select_locale(&$install_state) {
    // Find all available locales.
    $profilename = $install_state['parameters']['profile'];
    $locales = install_find_locales($profilename);
    $install_state['locales'] += $locales;
    if (!empty($_POST['locale'])) {
        foreach ($locales as $locale) {
            if ($_POST['locale'] == $locale->langcode) {
                $install_state['parameters']['locale'] = $locale->langcode;
                return;
            }
        }
    }
    if (empty($install_state['parameters']['locale'])) {
        // If only the built-in (English) language is available, and we are
        // performing an interactive installation, inform the user that the
        // installer can be localized. Otherwise we assume the user knows what he
        // is doing.
        if (count($locales) == 1) {
            if ($install_state['interactive']) {
                drupal_set_title(st('Choose language'));
                if (!empty($install_state['parameters']['localize'])) {
                    $output = '<p>Follow these steps to translate Drupal into your language:</p>';
                    $output .= '<ol>';
                    $output .= '<li>Download a translation from the <a href="http://localize.drupal.org/download" target="_blank">translation server</a>.</li>';
                    $output .= '<li>Place it into the following directory:
<pre>
/profiles/' . $profilename . '/translations/
</pre></li>';
                    $output .= '</ol>';
                    $output .= '<p>For more information on installing Drupal in different languages, visit the <a href="http://drupal.org/localize" target="_blank">drupal.org handbook page</a>.</p>';
                    $output .= '<p>How should the installation continue?</p>';
                    $output .= '<ul>';
                    $output .= '<li><a href="install.php?profile=' . $profilename . '">Reload the language selection page after adding translations</a></li>';
                    $output .= '<li><a href="install.php?profile=' . $profilename . '&amp;locale=en">Continue installation in English</a></li>';
                    $output .= '</ul>';
                }
                else {
                    include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/form.inc';
                    $elements = drupal_get_form('install_select_locale_form', $locales, $profilename);
                    $output = drupal_render($elements);
                }
                return $output;
            }
            // One language, but not an interactive installation. Assume the user
            // knows what he is doing.
            $locale = current($locales);
            $install_state['parameters']['locale'] = $locale->name;
            return;
        }
        else {
            // Allow profile to pre-select the language, skipping the selection.
            $function = $profilename . '_profile_details';
            if (function_exists($function)) {
                $details = $function();
                if (isset($details['language'])) {
                    foreach ($locales as $locale) {
                        if ($details['language'] == $locale->name) {
                            $install_state['parameters']['locale'] = $locale->name;
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            // We still don't have a locale, so display a form for selecting one.
            // Only do this in the case of interactive installations, since this is
            // not a real form with submit handlers (the database isn't even set up
            // yet), rather just a convenience method for setting parameters in the
            // URL.
            if ($install_state['interactive']) {
                drupal_set_title(st('Choose language'));
                include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/form.inc';
                $elements = drupal_get_form('install_select_locale_form', $locales, $profilename);
                return drupal_render($elements);
            }
            else {
                throw new Exception(st('Sorry, you must select a language to continue the installation.'));
            }
        }
    }
}

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