Enable Browser Language Detection

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Modification name: Enable Browser Language Detection
Author: Martin Truckenbrodt
Modification description: This MOD has been replaced by Advanced Multi Language Pack Support MOD: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... pport_mod/
So developement and support for Enable Browser Language Detection MOD are closed now. Martin Truckenbrodt 2012-12-11

Browser language detection for better multi language pack support
Features:

• Enables the browser language detection for guest users not to use the default language of the board.
• The most usefull installed language pack will be selected for the submitted browser language settings.

Modification version: 1.2.3
Tested on phpBB version: 3.0.10

Download file: EnableBrowserLanguageDetectionMOD_1.2.3.zip
File size: 34.25 KiB

Modification overview page: View

The phpBB Team is not responsible nor required to provide support for this modification. By installing this MOD, you acknowledge that the phpBB Support Team or phpBB Extension Customisations Team may not be able to provide support.

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Modification validated/released

Notes:

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello,
my third validated phpBB3 MOD.
Thank you very much to the MOD validation team for your time spending with this MOD!

phpBB3 compatibilty: installed and tested with pbpBB 3.0.6 successfully!

Important information:
Please notice that this MOD only effects on guest users (ANONYMOUS) and logged out users! And it makes only sense if you have installed more than one language packs at your board.
If you want to use it for registered and logged-in users you can find a workaround here: http://www.martin-truckenbrodt.com/cgi/ ... f=25&t=232

On my website I have published some more of my experiences with the optimizing of multilanguage phpBB3 boards: http://www.martin-truckenbrodt.com/cgi/ ... m.php?f=24

Bye Martin

[jomasaco]

Works fine, thanks Martin Truckenbrodt
Tested on 2 languages board EN,PT

[Bramster]

Do I need to edit anything in the code to add languages ? Because after changing my sessions file it seems not to work as it should.

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello Bramster,
no. The language only have to be installed in the ACP as usual.

Has the file been changed by an other MOD? E.g. Country Flags?

I noticed on my testings that sometimes you have to set only one language in your browser if you want to try a language different to your operating system language. It seems that the language priority list at the browser settings is not running well.

Bye Martin

[Bramster]

I fidled around a little and it works ok but changing the brwoser setting does not have a direct effect. I have to click aroun and then suddenly at an unexpected moment the language changes.

I am using about 5 languages (installed in the ACP) The only one that refuses to do its job is ES (Spanisch). I have no idea what is wrong.

Bramster

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello Bramster,
which languages have you installed?
What's the default language?
Are all languages installed at the ACP under ACP->System->Languages Packs?
Which browsers did you try?

You have to test it when you are looged out. If you are logged in always your profile setting is used.

Please try to use all languages with your account to test the installed languages.

I tried you website. I've got german. That's correct.

Are you going to the internet using a proxy?

Bye Martin

[Bramster]

Hi Martin, thanks for finding the time to try to help me solve this.

which languages have you installed?
What's the default language?
Are all languages installed at the ACP under ACP->System->Languages Packs?

Which browsers did you try?

IE7. I also use Safari but do not know how to change the laguage settings for that browser.

You have to test it when you are looged out. If you are logged in always your profile setting is used.
Please try to use all languages with your account to test the installed languages.

I tried that. Also deleted all history files and cookies. It seems to work ok for all languages, except ES

I tried you website. I've got german. That's correct.

Can you get it in Spanish when you change your browser settings ?

Are you going to the internet using a proxy?

Nope

[Bramster]

Seems to work now. No idea what I did ?!?

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello bamser,
the MOD gives es_ar an higher priority than es. This means:
If the browser submits successfully es_ar than it will be always used insteat of es.

Bye Martin

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello bamster,
I've tried it with IE7. It seems that there is no es selectable at the Internet Options. So I used es-es . It's running.
But I noticed that's different whether I have selected one or more languages at the Internet Options of the browser.
IMO this is not problem of the MOD.

Bye Martin

[Bramster]

I think too that the problem is funny IE behaviour.

Normally when the browser is set at a ES setting that is not excactly installed in the phpbb3 forum then the mod will offer an other ES-** setting, right ?

E.g.: Browser is set at ES-CO but the forum only has the language ES-CR installed. Then the mod wil use forum language ES-CR. Correct ?

[Dastardley]

I am getting this error message, can someone please help me......???

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting T_FUNCTION in /home/board1/public_html/forum/includes/session.php on line 1952

{
extract($lang_iso);
foreach ($accept_lang_ary as $accept_lang)
{
// Set correct format ... guess full xx_YY form
$accept_lang_xx_yy = basename(substr($accept_lang, 0, 2) . '_' . strtolower(substr($accept_lang, 3, 2)));
// Set correct format ... guess only xx form
$accept_lang_xx = basename(substr($accept_lang, 0, 2));

if (file_exists($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $accept_lang_xx_yy . "/common.$phpEx") && $lang_iso == $accept_lang_xx_yy)
{
$this->lang_name = $config['default_lang'] = $lang_iso;
$this->lang_path = $phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $lang_iso . '/';
break 2;
}
else if (file_exists($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $accept_lang_xx . "/common.$phpEx") && $lang_iso == $accept_lang_xx)
{
$this->lang_name = $config['default_lang'] = $lang_iso;
$this->lang_path = $phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $lang_iso . '/';
break;
}
}
}
$this->data['user_lang'] = $this->lang_name;
}
/*
*/
}

// We include common language file here to not load it every time a custom language file is included
$lang = &$this->lang;

I made changes to the code above but think i put something in the wrong place and don't know what

Please help My forum cannot be accessed.

Dastardley

[Martin Truckenbrodt]

Hello,
please compare the code:

Code: Select all

			/**
			* If a guest user is surfing, we try to guess his/her language first by obtaining the browser language
			* If re-enabled we need to make sure only those languages installed are checked
			* Commented out so we do not loose the code.
			* installed language checking added 2007-12-30 by Martin Truckenbrodt
			**/
			if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']) && request_var('lang', '') == '')
			{
				$accept_lang_ary = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);

				$sql = 'SELECT lang_iso FROM ' . LANG_TABLE;
				$result = $db->sql_query($sql, 3600);

				while ($lang_iso = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
				{
					extract($lang_iso);
					foreach ($accept_lang_ary as $accept_lang)
					{
						// Set correct format ... guess full xx_YY form
						$accept_lang_xx_yy = basename(substr($accept_lang, 0, 2) . '_' . strtolower(substr($accept_lang, 3, 2)));
						// Set correct format ... guess only xx form
						$accept_lang_xx = basename(substr($accept_lang, 0, 2));

						if (file_exists($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $accept_lang_xx_yy . "/common.$phpEx") && $lang_iso == $accept_lang_xx_yy)
						{
							$this->lang_name = $config['default_lang'] = $lang_iso;
							$this->lang_path = $phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $lang_iso . '/';
							break 2;
						}
						else if (file_exists($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $accept_lang_xx . "/common.$phpEx") && $lang_iso == $accept_lang_xx)
						{
							$this->lang_name = $config['default_lang'] = $lang_iso;
							$this->lang_path = $phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $lang_iso . '/';
							break;
						}
					}
				}
				$this->data['user_lang'] = $this->lang_name;
			}
			/*
			*/
		}

		// We include common language file here to not load it every time a custom language file is included

Bye Martin