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Description

Constructor activating the default information of the language

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Syntax

__construct($lang=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$lang	null

Defined in

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.language.language' );

Source Body

public function __construct($lang = null)
{
        $this->_strings = array ();

        if ($lang == null) {
                $lang = $this->_default;
        }

        $this->setLanguage($lang);

        $filename = JPATH_BASE.DS.'language'.DS.'overrides'.DS.$lang.'.override.ini';
        if (file_exists($filename) && $contents = $this->_parse($filename)) {
                if (is_array($contents)) {
                        $this->_override = $contents;
                }
                unset($contents);
        }

// Look for a special transliterate function for this language
        $function = str_replace('-', '', $lang.'Transliterate');
        if (function_exists($function)) {
                $this->_transliterator = $function;
        } else {
                // Function does not exist. Try to find it in the Site language folder
                $transFile = JPATH_SITE.DS.'language'.DS.$lang.DS.$lang.'.transliterate.php';
                if (file_exists($transFile)) {
                        require_once $transFile;
                        if (function_exists($function)) {
                                $this->_transliterator = $function;
                        }
                } else {
                // Function does not exist. Try to find it in the Administrator language folder
                        $transFile = JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR.DS.'language'.DS.$lang.DS.$lang.'.transliterate.php';
                        if (file_exists($transFile)) {
                                require_once $transFile;
                                if (function_exists($function)) {
                                        $this->_transliterator = $function;
                                }
                        }
                }
        }

        $this->load();
}

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Examples

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