Language File Loading Conventions

Which language files are loaded for my plugin?

If a storefront side plugin creates a new page

index.php?main_page=newpage

It will be able to use language definitions from the following files, which will be automatically loaded:

  • the main language file includes/languages/lang.english.php and the templated version of that file, includes/languages/YOURTEMPLATE/lang.english.php.

  • files in includes/languages/english/extra_definitions (and their templated versions)

  • The page’s own language file, includes/languages/english/lang.newpage.php

  • Language files which are a substring match of the name of the main file - for example, includes/languages/english/lang.newpage_process.php and includes/languages/english/lang.newpage_success.php. Note that this behavior may be disabled for specific files - see substring matching for language files.

If you need to load a language file that’s not loaded by these conventions, follow the instructions in loading a language file.



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Last modified July 1, 2023 by Steve (05e009e).