Simple language switcher v3

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

Hi! I was using a snippet in v2 with this code, on various pages, a simple language switcher:

<?php if($site->language()->code() == 'en'): ?>
    <a href="<?= $page->url('pt') ?>" title="<?= $page->lang() ?>">pt</a>
<?php else: ?>
    <a href="<?= $page->url('en') ?>" title="<?= $page->lang() ?>">en</a>
<?php endif ?>

But now in v3 it doesn’t work… but i can’t understand why. Can anybody help? Thanks!

Edit: I must add that the default language URL is “/” but even if i remove this from config, it doesn’t work.

2

Try: https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/objects/page/url-for-language

But what exactly doesn’t work? As far as I can see from the source code, using the url() method with the language parameter should still work, as it call the urlForLanguage() method internally.

3

The link was always stuck to EN, using the code snippet above. It wasn’t detecting the current page language.

I managed to make it work, but i’m not sure if it’s correct… I mean, it is working! I went to the references to look for $site, and when i looked for $kirby i found language() there, so i used it. See:

<?php if($kirby->language()->code() == 'en'): ?>
    <a href="<?= $page->url('pt') ?>" title="<?= $page->lang() ?>">pt</a>
<?php else: ?>
    <a href="<?= $page->url('en') ?>" title="<?= $page->lang() ?>">en</a>
<?php endif ?>
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4

Ah, I focused on the URL part, totally missing you had use $site, sorry…:blush:

5

You’ve been a huge help!

Well, now we have a new ref for Kirby 3’s language switcher! :stuck_out_tongue: