Language File

[skekum +]

A question about the Language files.

With css, if there are 2 identical selectors, it is the last one in the file that is rendered onto the page. Is this the same with the entries in the language files?

eg: I have changed a few of entries in the language file, and each time I upgrade, I need to go through and use a file comparison application to merge the changes. I thought if I could just add the list of my changes at the end of the file, it will use my version instead of the one further up the list.

eg: The installed language file has this:

PHP Code:

define('LANG_PLEASE_LOGIN_FAVORITES', 'Login to save favorites'); 


but the spelling is incorrect for my part of world. If i change it to:

PHP Code:

define('LANG_PLEASE_LOGIN_FAVORITES', 'Login to save favourites'); 


but place it at the very end of the language.php file, will it use mine or the original?

This could save a fair bit of time.

Thanks
Glenn

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Actually unless I'm mistaken, I believe that having duplicate entries will cause an error unlike in a CSS file. I ran into this myself while developing a module with a separate language file.

[Eric Barnes +]

No it wouldn't work the same because the language file uses php define. It will throw some sort of error with the same thing defined twice.

What I think the easiest option for you would be to just duplicate the english.php and name it differently. For example english-custom.php

Then during upgrades your changes will not get overwritten.