Plugin Installer Language Files

Plugin Installer Language Files

While most language constants for the plugin installer are managed internally there will be cases where a plugin needs to define some of its own language defines.

For example, if the plugin needs to test some pre-requisites before installing, the error messages for when those pre-requisites fail will need to be defined. In these cases the plugin system allows for loading custom language files.

NOTE These files use define() statements. The array-based language-file format is not supported here.

The main custom language file would reside in the [plugin version directory]/languages/[language name]/main.php file.

e.g.

• zc_plugins

  • PluginName

    • v1.0.0

      • Installer

        • languages

          • english

            • main.php

If the plugin needs more customization and wants to split off other language defines into separate files it can also load the language files separately. A helper method in the installer class can be used to do this.

e.g.

$this->loadInstallerLanguageFile('myFile.php');

Remember, we are talking here about language defines that are only used during installation. Loading of language files needed by the plugin itself are handled differently.