API17:JLanguage

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Defined in

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

• see source code in BitBucket

Subpackage

Language

Extends

JObject

Methods

Method name	Description
_	Translate function, mimics the php gettext (alias _) function.
__construct	Constructor activating the default information of the language.
get	Get a matadata language property.
getDebug	Get the Debug property.
getDefault	Get the default language code.
getErrorFiles	Get a list of language files that are in error state.
getFirstDay	Get the first day of the week for this language.
getIgnoredSearchWords	getIgnoredSearchWords function
getIgnoredSearchWordsCallback	Getter for ignoredSearchWordsCallback function.
getLocale	Get the language locale based on current language.
getLowerLimitSearchWord	getLowerLimitSearchWord function
getLowerLimitSearchWordCallback	Getter for lowerLimitSearchWordCallback function.
getName	Getter for Name.
getOrphans	Get the list of orphaned strings if being tracked.
getPaths	Get a list of language files that have been loaded.
getPluralSuffixes	pluralSuffixes function
getPluralSuffixesCallback	Getter for pluralSufficesCallback function.
getSearchDisplayedCharactersNumber	getSearchDisplayedCharactersNumber function
getSearchDisplayedCharactersNumberCallback	Getter for searchDisplayedCharactersNumberCallback function.
getTag	Get for the language tag (as defined in RFC 3066).
getTransliterator	Getter for transliteration function.
getUpperLimitSearchWord	getUpperLimitSearchWord function
getUpperLimitSearchWordCallback	Getter for upperLimitSearchWordCallback function.
getUsed	Get the list of used strings.
hasKey	Determines is a key exists.
isRTL	Get the RTL property.
load	Loads a single language file and appends the results to the existing strings.
setDebug	Set the Debug property.
setDefault	Set the default language code.
setIgnoredSearchWordsCallback	Setter for the ignoredSearchWordsCallback function.
setLanguage	Set the language attributes to the given language.
setLowerLimitSearchWordCallback	Setter for the lowerLimitSearchWordCallback function.
setPluralSufficesCallback	Set the pluralSuffices function.
setSearchDisplayedCharactersNumberCallback	Setter for the searchDisplayedCharactersNumberCallback function.
setTransliterator	Set the transliteration function.
setUpperLimitSearchWordCallback	Setter for the upperLimitSearchWordCallback function.
transliterate	Transliterate function.
_parseLanguageFiles	Searches for language directories within a certain base dir.
_parseXMLLanguageFile	Parse XML file for language information.
_parseXMLLanguageFiles	Parses XML files for language information.
exists	Check if a language exists.
getInstance	Returns a language object.
getKnownLanguages	Returns a list of known languages for an area.
getLanguagePath	Get the path to a language.
getMetadata	Returns a associative array holding the metadata.
parseLanguageFiles	Searches for language directories within a certain base dir.
parseXMLLanguageFile	Parse XML file for language information.
parseXMLLanguageFiles	Parses XML files for language information.
getCallerInfo	Determine who called or .
loadLanguage	Loads a language file.
parse	Parses a language file.

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.language.language' );

See also

• JLanguage source code in BitBucket
• Other versions of this class

Examples

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