Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/07/06 21:52

david.hunter@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi - my site is bilingual.
> I have two language files that look like this :
> en.inc
> define(HELLO, 'Hello');
> fr.inc
> define(HELLO, 'Bonjour');
>
> Then my php/html looks like this:
> <h3><?php echo HELLO ?></h3>
>
> In each page I check and/or set the language :
> index.php :
> $lang='en';
> require('languages/set_language.php');
>
> set_language.php :
> if (isset($_GET['lang'])) {
> $lang = $_GET['lang']; }
> require("{$lang}.inc");
>
> I have a hyperlink in the footer so that the user can toggle between
> languages. The toggle works, but the language parameter is being
> APPENDED into the URL and in the address bar of the browser - like this
> :
> &lang=fr&lang=en&lang=fr&lang=en&lang=fr
>
> Why is this happening and how can I stop it ?
>
> Here is my footer.php code :
> <a href="http://website.com/<?php echo
> $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] ?>?<?php echo $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']
> ?>&lang=<?php echo $toggle ?>"><?php echo MENU_TOGGLE ?></a>
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> I know it's not practical for people to be going back and forth between
> languages - but this problem is still annoying the heck out of me!
>

Don't echo the query string.

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