Module does not detect Back-Office Language

[smark04]

Hello all,

 

I have created a fully functioning Module for PrestaShop 1.4.7.0.

 

I have externalized all strings as per the Developer Guide and translated the strings in the Tools > Translations > Translation of Installed Modules > Country Flag section.

 

I addressed an issue whereby my translations were not being saved when i pressed the update button and now I have a de.php file with all the translations in place.

 

On the Front-Office side my translated strings in the .tpl are functioning perfectly.

 

I have created an admin user with German as the default language and logged in. The PrestaShop interface displays in German as expected. However, on the Module tab, my Module name/description is not translated. What's more, when i have installed my Module, none of the module content appears translated either.

 

- It has been externalized and translated

- The de.php is present.

- I have tried setting the locale in the browser to de_DE

- I have cleared the cache

- I have uninstalled and re-installed the Module

 

Do I need to make an addition to my code to detect and set the language or is this implemented in PrestShop?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance,

Steven

[vekia]

When i start developing modules i've got the same issue. The solution - for me - is in apostrophe sign in $this->l("sample text here");

as you see - I use " - its wrong! you must always use ' sign like here: $this->l('sample text here');

 

I do not know if this will help you - it helped me long time ago

maybe your problem is completely different, but just in case you can see how you implement language ($this->l) feature.

Edited October 30, 2012 by vekia (see edit history)

[smark04]

Thanks vekia for the speedy reply. Unfortunately I have been using the correct syntax - I have checked all instance of "$this->l" within my module source files to verify this.

 

I wish I had been doing it wrong and your suggestion had then fixed the issue

[vekia]

so it's not as simple as it seems. I don't even know where to begin to fix this problem. hmm maybe you can send me your module and I'll check it on my host / localhost ?

[smark04]

I don't think my employer would approve of me sharing the source code in it's entirety. But on a personal level, I really appreciate the offer anyway, thanks!

[vekia]

I don't think my employer would approve of me sharing the source code in it's entirety. But on a personal level, I really appreciate the offer anyway, thanks!

 

sure, you're right. Maybe you can test module in different shops? do you tried it?

[smark04]

I am running a Vanilla install of Prestashop purely for testing this module. I have tried installing it on the original VM that i cloned this one from originally (returning to the original state post-install) and my colleague has also tested it on his machine with his install of Prestashop.

 

Both attempts are giving the same issue as detailed in my first post.

[vekia]

so the problem is with module not with prestashop only god knows what's wrong hehe

Can you paste here an example code from your module? Some part of function or sth?

 

it's werid

[smark04]

The .tpl file translates fine. It is just the .php files.

 

Here are examples of externalized strings in echo'ed paragraph and label tags:

 

echo '<p style="color:red">'.$this->l('Error adding link. Invalid URL format').' </p>';

echo '<label>'.$this->l('URL:').'</label>';

 

Here's an example in the fieldsDisplay for a column heading in a results table:

 

 

$this->fieldsDisplay = array(

'product_id' => array(

'title' => $this->l('Product ID'),

'align' => 'center',

'width' => 25),

);

 

The syntax looks OK to me and it displays correctly in English in the build as well as showing up as externalized on the BO Translation screen. I can also update the translation changes, generating the necessary de.php. The colour coding in my editor (Notepad++) doesn't indicate unclosed tags, brackets, quotes or apostrophes anywhere.

 

I think I'm going to come back at this with fresh eyes tomorrow.... before I lose my hair today

Edited October 31, 2012 by smark04 (see edit history)