Language issues in Codeigniter Framework

Question

I have a language file called theme.php and in this file there is the line

$LANG['sources_HAVE_AN_ACCOUNT'] = "Have an account?";  

Now in the file called votes.php i am using the code:

 if($r) //voting done
 {
 echo "". $LANG['sources_HAVE_AN_ACCOUNT']." <a href='../login' target='_blank'  #0087F7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;'>".$LANG['header_LOGIN_title']."</a>";
 }
 elseif(!$r) //voting failed
 {
 $effectiveVote = getEffectiveVotes($id);
 echo $effectiveVote." ".$LANG['sources_POINTS_title'];
 }  

to allow users to perform a vote in a specific article.

The problem is that when you click on the vote button the text “Have an account?” doesn't appears!!

Why is this happens? Where is the problem?

Answer 1

Several things to check :

• Your theme_lang.php file must be located into application/language/english/
• Add theme to the $autoload['langage'] array located in application/config/autoload.php
• Check in application/config/config.php that your $config['language'] is set to english

Then, to use the translations in your votes.php controller, use this :

$this->lang->line('sources_HAVE_AN_ACCOUNT');

You can find more info in the Language Class documentation of Codeigniter