Language selection

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Hi! I want to have a first page on my website where you as visitor can choose the preferred language. No login at all.

I want to save this choice in a cookie or something. The easiest way

So next time he/she visits, the language choice is already made for he/she.

Any good suggestions for a php code that works?

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Anyone?

jackw899 · August 11, 2010

You could have it so on the index page it checks if the cookie exists and if not it goes to language.php

Something like this:

index.php

<?php
if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    header("Location: language.php");
}
else
{
$language = $_COOKIE['language'];
?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Main Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Main Page</h1>
<?php echo 'Selected language: '.$language; ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php 
}
?>

language.php

<?php

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
    
<html>
<head>
<title>Site Name - Language Selection</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Language Selection</h1>
<form action="language.php" method="post">
<select name="language" id="language">
<option value="english" selected="selected">English</option>
<option value="german">German</option>
<option value="french">French</option>
<option value="spanish">Spanish</option>
<option value="andmore">And more...</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>


    <?php
    }
    else
    {
        $language = $_POST['language'];
        setcookie("language", $language, time()+3600);;//set to expire in 1 hour, 3600=seconds
        header("Location: index.php");
    }
}
else
{
    header("Location: index.php");
}

?>

You would need to change this code to make the index page do something with the language to display that language.

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Nice

But what if I want to send them to two different pages?

if the language is swedish, locate = sv/index.php

if the language is english, locate = index.php

The website looks like this http://www.clickbuxer.com/language.php

Thanks

jackw899 · August 11, 2010

Does your website already have all the language files setup?

And different code to make it display a different page per language:

language.php

<?php

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
    
<html>
<head>
<title>Site Name - Language Selection</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Language Selection</h1>
<form action="language.php" method="post">
<select name="language" id="language">
<option value="english" selected="selected">English</option>
<option value="german">German</option>
<option value="french">French</option>
<option value="spanish">Spanish</option>
<option value="andmore">And more...</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>


    <?php
    }
    else
    {
        $language = $_POST['language'];
        setcookie("language", $language, time()+3600);;//set to expire in 1 hour, 3600=seconds
        
        switch($language)
        {
            case english:
                $redirect = "index.php";
                break;
            case german:
                $redirect = "german/index.php";
                break;
            case french:
                $redirect = "french/index.php";
                break;
            case spanish:
                $redirect = "spanish/index.php";
                break;
            default:
                $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
        header("Location: $redirect");
    }
}
else
{
    $language = $_COOKIE['language'];
    
    switch($language)
    {
        case english:
            $redirect = "index.php";
            break;
        case german:
            $redirect = "german/index.php";
            break;
        case french:
            $redirect = "french/index.php";
            break;
        case spanish:
            $redirect = "spanish/index.php";
            break;
        default:
            $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
    header("Location: $redirect");
}

?>

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Thanks again!

But what if I want the visitor to click on the images to choose language and not use that form that you showed me. How do I code an image to send that "submit" information?

Thanks!

jackw899 · August 11, 2010

You could have more than 1 submit/image button with different names and have each one have an image of a flag on it, something like this:

<form action="language.php" method="post">
<input type="image" src="images/flags/english.png" width="16px" height="11px" border="0" name="submitenglish" alt="English">
<input type="image" src="images/flags/german.png" width="16px" height="11px" border="0" name="submitgerman" alt="German">
<input type="image" src="images/flags/swedish.png" width="16px" height="11px" border="0" name="submitswedish" alt="Swedish">
</form>

PradeepKr · August 11, 2010

How about using htaccess file.

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in Line 106

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><? include("title.php"); ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
}
-->
</style></head>

<body>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><br />
  <br />
</p>
<div align="center">
<h1>Language Selection</h1>
  <table width="200" border="0">
    <tr>
    <form action="language.php" method="post">
    <td width="114"><div align="left"><input type="image" src="images/swe.jpg" border="0" name="submitswedish" alt="Swedish"></div></td>
         <td width="1"> </td>
      <td><div align="left"></div></td>
    <td><input type="image" src="images/usa.jpg" border="0" name="submitusa" alt="Usa"></td>
</form>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>SWE</strong></div></td>
      <td> </td>
      <td width="0"><div align="center"></div></td>
      <td width="110"><div align="center"><strong>USA</strong></div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  
</div>
<p align="center"> </p>
</body>
</html>
<?php

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
        <?php
    }
    else
    {
        $language = $_POST['language'];
        setcookie("language", $language, time()+3600);;//set to expire in 1 hour, 3600=seconds
        
        switch($language)
        {
            case usa:
                $redirect = "index.php";
                break;
            case swedish:
                $redirect = "sv/index.php";
                break;
            default:
                $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
        header("Location: $redirect");
    }
}
else
{
    $language = $_COOKIE['language'];
    
    switch($language)
    {
        case usa:
            $redirect = "index.php";
            break;
        case swedish:
            $redirect = "sv/index.php";
            break;
        default:
            $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
    header("Location: $redirect");
}

LINE 106!!

jackw899 · August 11, 2010

Try:

<?php

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><? include("title.php"); ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {

    

background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
}
-->
</style></head>

<body>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><br />
  <br />
</p>
<div align="center">
<h1>Language Selection</h1>
  <table width="200" border="0">
    <tr>
    <form action="language.php" method="post">
    <td width="114"><div align="left"><input type="image" src="images/swe.jpg" border="0" name="submitswedish" alt="Swedish"></div></td>
         <td width="1"> </td>
      <td><div align="left"></div></td>
    <td><input type="image" src="images/usa.jpg" border="0" name="submitusa" alt="Usa"></td>
</form>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>SWE</strong></div></td>
      <td> </td>
      <td width="0"><div align="center"></div></td>
      <td width="110"><div align="center"><strong>USA</strong></div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  
</div>
<p align="center"> </p>
</body>
</html>
<?php

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
        <?php
    }
    else
    {
        $language = $_POST['language'];
        setcookie("language", $language, time()+3600);;//set to expire in 1 hour, 3600=seconds
        
        switch($language)
        {
            case usa:
                $redirect = "index.php";
                break;
            case swedish:
                $redirect = "sv/index.php";
                break;
            default:
                $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
        header("Location: $redirect");
    }
}
else
{
    $language = $_COOKIE['language'];
    
    switch($language)
    {
        case usa:
            $redirect = "index.php";
            break;
        case swedish:
            $redirect = "sv/index.php";
            break;
        default:
            $redirect = "index.php";
        }
        
    header("Location: $redirect");
}
}
}

?>

Adam · August 11, 2010

Why not just pass the language in the URL? e.g. "example.com/index.php?lang=en"

Then in the code you just need to check if the lang param has been passed, else use the cookie, else use the default:

if (isset($_GET['lang']))
{
    // return lang (convert it to entities
    // to prevent any XSS attacks)
    $lang = htmlspecialchars($_GET['lang']);

    // store for next time
    setcookie('lang', htmlspecialchars($_GET['lang']));
}
elseif (isset($_COOKIE['lang']))
{
    // set lang var
    $lang = $_COOKIE['lang'];
}

if (!isset($lang))
{
    // if no $lang var set, use default
    $lang = 'en';
}

jackw899 · August 11, 2010

Why not just pass the language in the URL? e.g. "example.com/index.php?lang=en"

Yes this is probably the best way to do it.

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Thanks again

But nothing happens when I click on the images It's not directing me to a page...

Here's the code:

<?

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><? include("title.php"); ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-image: url(images/background.jpg);
}
-->
</style></head>

<body>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><br>
    <br>
  <br />
  <br />
</p>
<div align="center">
  <table width="200" border="0">
    <tr>
    <form action="language.php" method="post">
    <td width="114"><div align="left"><input type="image" src="images/swe.jpg" border="0" name="swedish" alt="swedish"></div></td>
         <td width="1"> </td>
      <td><div align="left"></div></td>
    <td><input type="image" src="images/usa.jpg" border="0" name="usa" alt="ssa"></td>
</form>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>SWE</strong></div></td>
      <td> </td>
      <td width="0"><div align="center"></div></td>
      <td width="110"><div align="center"><strong>USA</strong></div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  
</div>
<p align="center"> </p>
</body>
</html>
<?php

if (isset($_GET['language']))
{
    // return lang (convert it to entities
    // to prevent any XSS attacks)
    $lang = htmlspecialchars($_GET['language']);

    // store for next time
    setcookie('language', htmlspecialchars($_GET['language']));
}
elseif (isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    // set lang var
    $lang = $_COOKIE['language'];
}

if (!isset($lang))
{
    // if no $lang var set, use default
    $lang = 'en';
}

if(!isset($_COOKIE['language']))
{
    if(!isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
    ?>
        <?php
    }
    else
    {
        $language = $_POST['language'];
        setcookie("language", $language, time()+3600);;//set to expire in 1 hour, 3600=seconds
        
        switch($language)
        {
            case usa:
                $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com";
                break;
            case swedish:
                $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com/sv/index.php";
                break;
            default:
                $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com";
        }
        
        header("Location: $redirect");
    }
}
else
{
    $language = $_COOKIE['language'];
    
    switch($language)
    {
        case usa:
            $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com";
            break;
        case swedish:
            $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com/sv/index.php";
            break;
        default:
            $redirect = "http://www.clickbuxer.com";
        }
        
    header("Location: $redirect");
}
}
}

?>

Beppis · August 11, 2010

What could be the problem here?

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Anyone?

Beppis · August 11, 2010

Hello? :'(

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