multi language site

[zedan_80]

Hallo

i built a multi language site and i used session to switch between languages,
but after a 30 min the session stop working and i know it normal thing and if the session stop the whole site stop,so how can i solve this problem.

[gammaster]

Hi!
You could use cookies instead of session, or try something like this:

$defaultLang = 'en';

if(!isset($_SESSION['lang']))
   $_SESSION['lang'] = $defaultLang;

// Go to language page.

[zedan_80]

i cant use $defaultLang = 'en' because i m using the same page for both languages just i change the captions
how d i know if this page will display English , Arabic or German

[gammaster]

Hi!
The $defaultLang is just for the cases where no language is set.

$defaultLang = 'en'; 

if(!isset($_SESSION['lang'])) 
   $_SESSION['lang'] = $defaultLang;


if($_SESSION['lang'] == 'en') {
   // Set the english header and include the english content.
   }
else if($_SESSION['lang'] == 'gr') {
   // Set the german header and include the german content.
   }
// ......