Default language for admin different than shop

[jeking]

My client's site is set for Swedish as the default language. Is it possible to set the admin to default to English?

[kobra]

Just do not use the admin Swedish language files

[jeking]

That was the first thing I tried. When I deleted the Swedish admin language files, I got this error:

[08-Jul-2014 16:47:33 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: require(includes/languages/swedish.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/miashop/public_html/zencart/XXXXXX/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php on line 35

[kobra]

admin > localization > Languages > set english to be default(might be sort order)

[jeking]

English has a sort order of zero, Swedish is one and is the default. If I set English as the default, that changes the store front the English as well.

[lat9]

You could make a small core file change to /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/init_includes/init_languages.php:

<?php
/**
 * @package admin
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2012 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version GIT: $Id: Author: DrByte  Fri Jul 6 11:57:44 2012 -0400 Modified in v1.5.1 $
 */
if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) {
  die('Illegal Access');
}
if (!defined ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN')) define ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN', 1);  //-Default admin to English
// set the language
  if (!isset($_SESSION['language']) || isset($_GET['language'])) {

    include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'language.php');
    $lng = new language();

    if (isset($_GET['language']) && zen_not_null($_GET['language'])) {
      $lng->set_language($_GET['language']);
    } else {
      $lng->get_browser_language();
      $lng->set_language(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN);
    }

    $_SESSION['language'] = (zen_not_null($lng->language['directory']) ? $lng->language['directory'] : 'english');
    $_SESSION['languages_id'] = (zen_not_null($lng->language['id']) ? $lng->language['id'] : 1);
    $_SESSION['languages_code'] = (zen_not_null($lng->language['code']) ? $lng->language['code'] : 'en');
  }

// temporary patch for lang override chicken/egg quirk
  $template_query = $db->Execute("select template_dir from " . TABLE_TEMPLATE_SELECT . " where template_language in (" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . ', 0' . ") order by template_language DESC");
  $template_dir = $template_query->fields['template_dir'];

// include the language translations
  require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '.php');
  $current_page = basename($PHP_SELF);
  if (file_exists(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/' . $current_page)) {
    include(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/' . $current_page);
  }

  if ($za_dir = @dir(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/extra_definitions')) {
    while ($zv_file = $za_dir->read()) {
      if (preg_match('~^[^\._].*\.php$~i', $zv_file) > 0) {
        require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/extra_definitions/' . $zv_file);
      }
    }
    $za_dir->close();
  }

[jeking]

Editing the core file was Plan B, if there was not a setting to use first.

I used your edit, changing ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN', 1) to ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN', 0) since English is o and Swedish is 1, but when I log in I'm still getting Swedish as the default in the admin. I also tested in FF, Chrome is my default) and got the same result.

I don't see DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN defined any where.

[lat9]

Duh! Make this change:

if (!defined ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN')) define ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN', 'en');  //-Default admin to English

If you're currently logged into your admin, you'll need to logout first to have the change take effect.

P.S. DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ADMIN is not a currently defined within the Zen Cart codebase.

[jeking]

I love simple fixes! That was it, thanks.

[lat9]

Most excellent! I'm glad it (finally) worked.