Multi language blog

Kirby 2 Solved ✅
1

I have an article only in dutch but when I am on the English page It shows the dutch article instead of showing nothing.
Anybody nows how to solve this?

2

This is the default Kirby behavior, it falls back to the default language if content in the non-default languages is missing. If you only want to show content that is available in a language, you can use an if statement to check if content in that language is available:

$code = $site->language()->code();
if($page->content($code)) {
  // output your content
}
3

It doesn’t work it still shows the default language article.

Oh and you forget a ) after ($code) in your code above

4

Then try:

<?php
$code = $site->language()->code();
 if($page->content($code)->exists()):
  // do something
  }
 ?>

Let me know if this works. However, this will only work if the content file of the non-default language does not exist, of course. Otherwise, if the file exists but the content is empty, you will need an additional check.

5

It works thanks a lot. but how does the check work if the file exists and the content is empty?

6

Then you’ll have to do this on a per field basis:

<?php
$code = $site->language()->code();
if($page->content($code)->exists() && $page->field()->isNotEmpty()):
  // do something
}
?>

Or you can use isTranslated()

<?php if($page->description()->isTranslated()): ?>
  <?php echo $page->description()->kirbytext() ?>
<?php endif ?>
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7

Do I need to specify a field ?

8

Yes, as I said, if the language specific file exists, you have to do your checks on a per field basis.

Edit: But non-default language files are not created by default. If you don’t want any articles created in a non-default language, you can prevent this using permissions.

9

It works thanks a lot.

10

Fine, please see my edit of the last post.