Hi all is there anyone can help me routing my app urls according to $_SESSION param?
which is the best way to switch lang routes?
what about use many route files? (i mean route_ch.php,route_en.php,route_sp.php,)
is there any link to understand how to route according to site lang?
thanks guys
You need to extend your view Controller with a session check of selected language. Then you can redirect() the user accordingly.
create a controller i.e LangSwitch.php
<?php
class LangSwitch extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('url');
}
function switchLanguage($language = "") {
$language = ($language != "") ? $language : "en";
$this->session->set_userdata('site_lang', $language);
redirect(base_url());
}
}
Links to switch each of the available languages:
<a href='<?php echo $base_url; ?>langswitch/switchLanguage/en'>English</a>
<a href='<?php echo $base_url; ?>langswitch/switchLanguage/fr'>French</a>
Defines/create a hook class[LanguageLoader.php] under application/hooks directory with the necessary information to execute it.
<?php
class LanguageLoader
{
function initialize() {
$ci =& get_instance();
$ci->load->helper('language');
$site_lang = $ci->session->userdata('site_lang');
if ($site_lang) {
$ci->lang->load('message',$ci->session->userdata('site_lang'));
} else {
$ci->lang->load('message','en');
}
}
}
This is just a running idea that worked for me well. I hope it is useful to you too.