Question

kvarnerexpress

May 2 2005, 11:10 PM

I am rewriting a PHP install script. The first thing the user sees is an option to choose language. There are 3 languages Danish, English and German. I have 3 language files with variables with assinged values like this:
PHP Code:
$help="Help";

When you choose a language, say, English the page jumps to a file with this script:

PHP Code:
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private"); // IE 6 Fix.

$name = $_POST['language'];
$_SESSION['lang'] = $name;
if($_SESSION['lang']=='dan'){
include "../instlang/install.language.danish.php";
}
if($_SESSION['lang']=='eng'){
include "../instlang/install.language.english.php";
}
if($_SESSION['lang']=='ger'){
include "../instlang/install.language.german.php";
}
?>

When your choise of language has been determined, your supposed to go to the first install screen.

Qustion:
How do I via the session tell the first install screen what kind of language it should include and shoud I direct the user to the first install screen via a header?

Thank you.

mobious

May 3 2005, 03:31 AM

you should use the GET method. redirect it like this.

first.install.screen.php?lang=en

webaurores

May 4 2005, 07:13 AM

QUOTE

$name = $_POST['language'];

you are using $_POST, so you have to either change $_POST into $_GET or use a form instead a link to choose the language.

fo example, if you want to choose the lang with a form, you may write:

CODE

<form action="first.install.screen.php" method="post" name="langForm">
<p>
<input type="radio" name="language" value="dan" />Danish<br />
<input type="radio" name="language" value="ger" />Germany<br />
<input type="radio" name="language" value="eng" />English<br />
</p>
</form>

if i understood your question right, this sould work

mobious

May 9 2005, 08:16 AM

looks like you just need to pick from to solutions. being able to pick a language through a form or link.

Spectre

May 24 2005, 03:19 AM

Using the $_SESSION variable is fine and workable. Just note that you need to include session_start(); within each script that will access that session information before attempting to retrieve values from the array.

So for example, in every other script that is used externally thereafter:

CODE

session_start();
$lang = $_SESSION['lang'];

On another note, using the include() function is more or less the equivalent of taking the data from the specified file, and placing it in the script at hand; which means that if the file being called in the include() function is a PHP script, it will have access to all of the existing variables, including $_POST; so, for example, '/instlang/install.language.danish.php' would be able to retrieve $_POST['language'].

I think that's sort of what you're asking.

beeseven

May 25 2005, 12:51 AM

I agree that you could use $_GET. You could have a form that's like this:

CODE

<form method="get" action="something.php"> //method="get" adds the values of the inputs to the url
<input type="radio" name="lang" value="danish"> Dansk
<input type="radio" name="lang" value="german"> Deutsch
<input type="radio" name="lang" value="english"> English //3 radio buttons with the languages
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Read File">
</form>

Then in the PHP file:

CODE

if($_GET['lang'] == "danish") {
include 'danish.php';
}
elseif($_GET['lang'] == "german") {
include 'german.php';
}
elseif($_GET['lang'] == "english") {
include 'english.php';
}

If you have any links, you should just put this:

CODE

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