Re: [phplib] multiple (multi-language) login form From: Francis Bouchard (fbouchard <email protected>)
Date: 07/06/00

on 7/6/00 3:04 PM, Holger Blasum at blasum <email protected> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 09:19:37PM +0200, Francis Bouchard wrote:
>> I want the login form to have a link that can lead to a french or spanish
>> login form. But since loginform.ihtml is included from auth_loginform() in
>> class Example_Auth, i added a variable in the class Example_auth and I do an
>> if($language ==1) then include(... /enloginform.ihtml
>> else include(.../frloginform.ihtml
>> endif
>>
>> but how do I set language(in the example_auth class) and recall
>> auth_loginform() from within the loginform.
>
> class Example_Auth extends Auth {
>
> var $language;
> ....
> function set_language ($lan) {
> $this->language = $lan;
> }
>
> ....
> function auth_validatelogin () {
> if ($this->language == "fr") ...
> }
> }

THE REAL PROBLEM IS HERE ! :)
this is exactly what i've done, but my problem is how "post" IN the
loginform, the $lan parameter when the user click on the us or french flag,
and not the "Log In" button
 

>
> Depending on your long term goals, it might be nicer to put the language into
> $sess or $user or its own class or to handle it globally (in all those case
> you have to "global" it inside the functions you use). As PHPLIB vars aren't
> private you could also access them directly (costs you a millisec less but
> worse style).
>

this is what i am doing, all my pages are done based on the user's language
the i have in my user class, but at login time, i don't know yet the
username and language, he is not logged, so i have to offer his the choice.

> BTW, for a quick solution, a far less contorted approach may be to put dynamic
> code into your login.ihtml, after all that'll give you less redundant code :-)
>
> If this doesn't answer the question, pls do not hesitate to ask again.
>
> Regards, Holger
>
> no software patents - pls sign http://petition.eurolinux.org
>

Thanks for all 

-- 
Francis Bouchard
Groupe d'Assurance Qualité (Macintosh)
mailto://fbouchard <email protected>
http://www.semantix.com

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