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Tom
Tom

Reputation: 734

CodeIgniter cannot load language files when using array

I am trying to load multiple language files in my CodeIgniter 3 project. Everything works fine as long as I load 1 language file at a time. When I try to load the language files using an array then it returns a NULL value.

// This works fine:
$this->lang->load('homepage_lang', 'dutch');
$this->lang->load('login_lang', 'dutch');

// This does not work:
$this->lang->load(array('homepage_lang', 'login_lang'), 'dutch');

According to the CodeIgniter documentation this code should work:

http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/language.html#loading-a-language-file

In their example code they don't have any other parameters, but even when I leave mine out (the 'dutch' one) I am still unable to use an array. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1332

Answers (1)

Meneer Venus
Meneer Venus

Reputation: 1045

I think you will have to remove the trailing _lang from the language file names. The rest of your code looks fine.

EDIT

While looking through the CodeIgniter 3 core source code I found the language load function: 

public function load($langfile, $idiom = '', $return = FALSE, $add_suffix = TRUE, $alt_path = '')
    {
        if (is_array($langfile))
        {
            foreach ($langfile as $value)
            {
                $this->load($value, $idiom, $return, $add_suffix, $alt_path);
            }
            return;
        }
        etc...

This means that when the first parameter is an array it will loop the array. After looping it will return nothing to stop further execution of the function. I think that's the reason why you get a NULL value.

Even though the load function will return null, both language files will be loaded and available.

Upvotes: 1

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