PayPal Express Checkout Default Language

[MeltDown]

My client is located in Italy and so her account is setup through paypal.com but resides at paypal.it. The Zen cart site language is English and we would like the PayPal default language to also be English. However, I've just been informed by a potential customer in Germany that our PayPal page is in Italian. When I had a friend check the language from the US, PayPal was in English.

As I am also in Italy, it is difficult to know which language PayPal is defaulting to elsewhere.

What steps can I follow to be certain that the default PayPal page is in English or in the local language in which the user resides?

We are running on Zen 1.3.8a

Thank you

[MeltDown]

Hmmm... in this post Dr byte is saying:

The module is designed to automatically operate in the primary language of the country your store is located in. You set this in Admin->Configuration->My Store->Country.

Since my store is located in Italy I obviously have that set to Italy but that is not the default language I want. However, if I change that to another English-speaking country just for the sale of the English language default it would have other repercussions, correct?

I thought that PayPal defaulted to the language of the country it was in and if all else failed reverted to English.

Help...?

[DrByte]

If you don't like the way it works, just change it. The code that determines the locale submitted to PayPal is this:

  function getLanguageCode() {
    $lang_code = '';
    $storeISO = zen_get_countries(STORE_COUNTRY, true);
    if (in_array(strtoupper($storeISO['countries_iso_code_2']), array('US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {
      $lang_code = strtoupper($storeISO['countries_iso_code_2']);
    } elseif (in_array(strtoupper($_SESSION['languages_code']), array('EN', 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {
      $lang_code = $_SESSION['languages_code'];
      if (strtoupper($lang_code) == 'EN') $lang_code = 'US';
    }
    return strtoupper($lang_code);
  }

[MeltDown]

Where is that? I'm not seeing it in includes/modules/payment/paypal.php.

Also what about this chunk of code? I had seen reference to the fact that it automatically defaults to country browser, although I don't know where to place it:

'lc' => $order->customer['country']['iso_code_2'], 

Plus, in My Store>Language Selector: Should the default language be based on the Store preferences, or the customer's browser settings? It is now set to Store's default settings.


Thanks

[MeltDown]

OK, I found that bit of code in: includes/modules/payment/paypaldp.php

However, even if I stare at it really hard I have no idea how to make it do what I want..

I've been told by a customer in Germany that the PayPal page is in Italian, which is where the brick-and-mortar store is located. Could anyone give me some pointers on how to correctly modify the code so that the PayPal page defaults to the language of the country the customer resides in or to English?

Thanks!!

[DrByte]

For express checkout, you'll want to be working with the paypalwpp.php file, not the paypaldp.php file.

To base the locale selection on the customer's language choice, change this:

    } elseif (in_array(strtoupper($_SESSION['languages_code']), array('EN', 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {

to this:

    } 
if (in_array(strtoupper($_SESSION['languages_code']), array('EN', 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {

[MeltDown]

Thanks for your help. That seems to have worked well.

I wanted to ask, if I could, what is the recommended setting for admin/configuration/My Store/Language Selector? (Should the default language be based on the Store preferences, or the customer's browser settings?) Right now it is set to the Default: Store's default settings. Does that setting have any effect on PayPal?

Also, I see that on the PayPal checkout page there is a language dropdown selector (which is great!) but with a limited number of languages (English, French, Spanish & Japanese). Is it possible to add to that list?

Thanks again.

[marcelarr]

For express checkout, you'll want to be working with the paypalwpp.php file, not the paypaldp.php file.

To base the locale selection on the customer's language choice, change this:

    } elseif (in_array(strtoupper($_SESSION['languages_code']), array('EN', 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {

to this:

    } 
if (in_array(strtoupper($_SESSION['languages_code']), array('EN', 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'FR', 'IT', 'GB', 'ES', 'AT', 'BE', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'NL', 'PL'))) {

Im working on version 1.3.9.g, where could I go about finding that as I dont see in the specified file... cann you point me in the right direction?