Using Language Constant File in a Module

Question

I'm creating a module but I need it to be multilingual. I know that I can create field params, duplicate the module, and set different values for these params based on the languague but I would like to know if there's any way to use Language Constant like we do with components.

Answer 1

Yes, you set them up in a similar way to components.

In your module directory create a folder language, and then a subfolder for the language within that, and into that subfolder put your language INI file(s). If your module is called mod_example then:

Inside language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_example.ini put

MOD_EXAMPLE_ONE="one"

Inside language/es-ES/es-ES.mod_example.ini put

MOD_EXAMPLE_ONE="uno"

Inside your module xml file include the language folder within a <languages> section (updated from within a <files> section based on the comment from Sharky below):

<languages folder="language">
    <language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.mod_example.ini</language>
    <language tag="es-ES">es-ES/es-ES.mod_example.ini</language>
</languages>

Then in your module you can use language strings in the usual way:

echo JText::_("MOD_EXAMPLE_ONE");