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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide/libraries/language.html | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/language.html b/user_guide/libraries/language.html index 98ef4b090..54f057d1b 100644 --- a/user_guide/libraries/language.html +++ b/user_guide/libraries/language.html @@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ Language Class <p>In your Code Igniter system folder you'll find one called <dfn>language</dfn> containing sets of language files. You can create
your own language files as needed in order to display error and other messages in other languages.</p>
+<p>Language files are typically stored in your <dfn>system/language</dfn> directory. Alternately you can create a folder called <kbd>language</kbd> inside
+your <kbd>application</kbd> folder and store them there. Code Igniter will look first in your <dfn>system/application/language</dfn>
+directory. If the direcotry does not exist or the specified language is not located there CI will instead look in your global
+<dfn>system/language</dfn> folder.</p>
+
+<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Each language should be stored in its own folder. For example, the English files are located at:
+<dfn>system/language/english</dfn></p>
+
+
+
<h2>Creating Language Files</h2>
<p>Language files must be named with <kbd>_lang.php</kbd> as the file extension. For example, let's say you want to create a file
@@ -78,7 +88,7 @@ containing error messages. You might name it: <kbd>error_lang.php</kbd></p> <code>$lang['language_key'] = "The actual message to be shown";</code>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> It's a good practice to use a common prefix for all messages in a given file to avoid collisions with
-similarly named items in other files:</p>
+similarly named items in other files. For example, if you are creating error messages you might prefix them with <var>error_</var></p>
<code>$lang['<var>error</var>_email_missing'] = "You must submit an email address";<br />
$lang['<var>error</var>_url_missing'] = "You must submit a URL";<br />
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