Posted by J.O. Aho on 03/18/06 10:41

No_One wrote:
> I'm confused here...maybe someone knows and can explain.
>
> I'm using a small drop in prog to manage some mysql databases at one of our
> company sites....should have been a quick job.
>
> The code, from phpMyEdit 5.4, is :
>
> $opts['language']=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'];

Gosh, this is an old PHP script, nowadays you should be using $_SERVER instead
of $HTTP_SERVER_VARS.

> I get an error message displayed:
>
> undefined index HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
>
> OK, now it gets strange...this only happens in Opera for Linux ver 8.52

Not all browsers do use this variable and I think you can even turn it off in
Mozilla. You should check that the variable has been set, if so then take the
value from global or else set a default value, think this code works (PHP4.1+)

if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'])) {
$opts['language']=$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'];
} else {
$opts['language']="en";
}

When it comes to Opera 8.52 for Linux x86 and Sparc (not tested on PPC as
don't have it installed on that machine), the language header is set, so it's
more likely your Opera settings where this is disabled somehow.


//Aho

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