[Resolved] change language

sirTemplar

hi!

i have these two files:

file1.php and file2.php. these files use two include files for language

eng.php
ita.php

to link a page i do

www.somesite.com/file1.php?=ita or
www.somesite.com/file1.php?=eng

by doing this i force the page to use the appropriate language file. my problem lies on the when i link file2 from file1! it does not remember the language where it come from (ita or eng), any idea how to do this? so that when a user come from www.somesite.com/file1.php?=ita all the succeeding pages continue to use the ita.php language file, and if =eng use the eng.php language file?
thanks

onion2k

session_start();
if ($_GET[0] != "") {
  $_SESSION['language'] = $_GET[0];
}
$language = $_SESSION['language'];

I think $_GET[0] accesses the first variable.. I forgot.

sirTemplar

where do i put the above code?

my first html page where the user select the language is this:

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="it">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Italian</title>
</head>

<body>

<p><a href="http://www.somesite.com/file1.php?=ita">Italian</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.somesite.com/file1.php?=eng">English</a></p>

</body>

is this correct?

file1.php contains:

<?php 
// lets start with setting the language 
if ($lang == 'ita') 
{ 
include"lang/ita.php"; 
} 
elseif ($lang == 'eng') 
{ 
include"lang/eng.php"; 
} 
// end of setting language 
?>

and the link to file2.php is

<a href="file2.php">

what i want is that file2.php follow the language from it was accessed, be it file1.php=eng or file1.php=ita

thanks.

onion2k

Putting the code snippet I gave above in at the top of each page saves the language choice into the users session, so you don't need to add the ?eng or ?ita to all the links. You only need it on ones where you specifically want the user to change language.

sirTemplar

still wont work 🙁

althought i get this when i go over the link on file1.php

?PHPSESSID=bdff7c8f6cd2536ad39d69e6cb9bd6c7

but then file2 does not remember the language the user chose for file1.php!

this is what i have on top of file1 and file2:

<?
session_start(); 
if ($_GET[0] != "") { 
  $_SESSION['language'] = $_GET[0]; 
} 
$language = $_SESSION['language'];

// lets start with setting the language 
if ($lang == 'ita') 
{ 
include"lang/ita.php"; 
} 
elseif ($lang == 'eng') 
{ 
include"lang/eng.php"; 
} 
// end of setting language 
?>

onion2k

You might want to call the variables the same thing instead of $language and $lang. And check $_GET[0] is right coz I'm not sure...

sirTemplar

i tried but still wont work. any other idea? 🙁

sirTemplar

i was able to find a different solution. all is doing well now. thanks anyway for the help.