function language_initialize in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6 includes/language.inc \language_initialize()

Chooses a language based on language negotiation provider settings.

Parameters

$type: The language type key to find the language for.

Return value

The negotiated language object.

Related topics

2 calls to language_initialize()

drupal_language_initialize in includes/bootstrap.inc

Initializes all the defined language types.

language_negotiation_get_switch_links in includes/language.inc

Returns the language switch links for the given language.

File

includes/language.inc, line 484

Language Negotiation API.

Code

function language_initialize($type) {

  // Execute the language negotiation providers in the order they were set up and return the
  // first valid language found.
  $negotiation = variable_get("language_negotiation_{$type}", array());
  foreach ($negotiation as $provider_id => $provider) {
    $language = language_provider_invoke($provider_id, $provider);
    if ($language) {
      $language->provider = $provider_id;
      return $language;
    }
  }

  // If no other language was found use the default one.
  $language = language_default();
  $language->provider = LANGUAGE_NEGOTIATION_DEFAULT;
  return $language;
}