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Description

Set the language attributes to the given language

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Syntax

setLanguage($lang)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$lang		$lang Language code

Returns

string Previous value

Defined in

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.language.language' );

Source Body

function setLanguage($lang)
{
        $previous                       = $this->_lang;
        $this->_lang            = $lang;
        $this->_metadata        = $this->getMetadata($this->_lang);

        //set locale based on the language tag
        //TODO : add function to display locale setting in configuration
        $locale = setlocale(LC_TIME, $this->getLocale());
        return $previous;
}

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Examples

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