php - codeigniter change language form_validation_lang

Question

I try to change the language file for my form_validation_lang in my LanguageLoader.php in my hooks folder like this:

class LanguageLoader
{
    function initialize() {
        $ci =& get_instance();
        $ci->load->helper('language');
        $siteLang = $ci->session->userdata('site_lang');
        if ($siteLang) {
            $ci->lang->load('message',$siteLang);
            $ci->lang->load('form_validation',$siteLang);
        } else {
            $ci->lang->load('message','english');
            $ci->lang->load('form_validation','english');
        }
    }
}

For my message_lang.php file it works fine, but codeigniter does not load the form_validation_lang.php correctly after changing the language.

In my application folder:

-language
-- english
---message_lang.php
---form_validation_lang.php
--german
---message_lang.php
---form_validation_lang.php

It takes always the form_validation_lang.php file under english. When I change to german it takes the correct message_lang.php file but not the form_validation_lang.php file. What I am doing wrong?

Thanks for your help!

Best regards, Yab86

Answer 1

Error messages for form_validation are always loaded in language you set in your config.php. To change the language for your form_validation messages, you need to do a little trick, changing the default language like this:

$ci->config->set_item('language', $siteLang);