Language quickchange in Back Office

[AndriusS]

Hey!

 

Site requires some more controls.
Rather than going to the settings and changing the language there, I'd like to have a language switch in a different place.

I've decided on getting the languages in the header.tpl.

So, I've worked out some stuff like this:

                            <a href="?change_lang=4">Lang4</a> 
                            <a href="?change_lang=1">Lang1</a> 
                            <a href="?change_lang=6">Lang6</a> 
                            <a href="?change_lang=5">Lang5</a>

I felt lazy and just updated the admin's index.php file to have this:

if(isset($_GET['change_lang'])) {
    $_GET['id_lang'] = $_GET['change_lang'];
    Tools::switchLanguage();
    Tools::setCookieLanguage();   
}

The language changes at first, BUT it is not saved.

I've skimmed through the methods and they should do that stuff themselves as switchLanguage uses $_GET['id_lang'] and puts it in the cookie. And, well, the second one is just a guess that I might also need it too.

Does not seem to work for me now.

 

Thanks for the help!

 

 

 

[AndriusS]

Bump bump!

[vekia]

hello

why not to use

{$link->getLanguageLink(1)|escape:htmlall}
{$link->getLanguageLink(2)|escape:htmlall}
{$link->getLanguageLink(3)|escape:htmlall}

method than links like <a href="?change_lang=5"> and function with Tools object?

much easier and will work. always

[AndriusS]

Thanks for the reply!

 

That does not seem to work in the Back Office.

It adds a domain/SOME_LANG/... which results in a front office "page not found".

[vekia]

ohhh my bad! you're talking about back office, so sorry, my mistake :/

[AndriusS]

Yeah

 

Well. If you have any other ideas, I'll take them!

Any clue where the method is that does the language change on those language links?

Uhhh, annoying!

[AndriusS]

Bump. Still no idea!

[gonebdg - webindoshop.com]

You can override classes file ../classes/controller/AdminController.php in function postProcess() and function initHeader()

something like this ...

class AdminController extends AdminControllerCore
{
    public function postProcess()
    {
        if(Tools::isSubmit('changeLang')) {
            $context = Context::getContext();
            $employee = new Employee($context->employee->id);
            if($employee->id_lang != Tools::getValue('id_lang')) {
                $employee->id_lang = Tools::getValue('id_lang');
                if($employee->update())
                    $this->redirect_after = self::$currentIndex.'&token='.$this->token;
            }
        }
        
        parent::postProcess();
    }
    
    public function initHeader()
    {
        parent::initHeader();

        $this->context->smarty->assign(array(
            'languages' => Language::getLanguages(false),
            'thisIndex' => self::$currentIndex.'&token='.$this->token
            ));
    }
}

And then modify admin theme file header.tpl within <ul id="employee_links"> to add :

{foreach from=$languages item=lang}
    {if $iso_user != $lang.iso_code}
          <li><a href="{$thisIndex}&id_lang={$lang.id_lang}&changeLang">{$lang.iso_code}</a></li>
          <li class="separator"> </li>
    {/if}
{/foreach}

Edited November 14, 2013 by gonebdg - webindoshop.com (see edit history)