JLanguage/getMetadata

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Description[edit]

Returns a associative array holding the metadata

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Syntax[edit]

static getMetadata($lang)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$lang		The name of the language

Returns[edit]

mixed If $lang exists return key/value pair with the language metadata, otherwise return NULL

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/language/language.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.language.language' );

Source Body[edit]

public static function getMetadata($lang)
{
        $path = self::getLanguagePath(JPATH_BASE, $lang);
        $file = $lang.'.xml';

        $result = null;
        if (is_file($path.DS.$file)) {
                $result = self::_parseXMLLanguageFile($path.DS.$file);
        }

        return $result;
}

Examples[edit]

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