How to determine the current language of a wordpress page when using polylang

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I search for a variable that outputs the currently used language of the polylang plugin  Something like    if  curlang     en

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pll current language Returns the current language Usage  pll current language   value        value   gt   optional  either name or locale or slug  defaults to slug  returns either the full name  or the WordPress locale  just as the WordPress core function    get locale    or the slug   2-letters code  of the current language

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I use something like this    lt  php    lang   get bloginfo  language      if   lang     fr-FR       gt       lt p gt Bienvenue  lt  p gt    lt  php endif    gt

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To show current language  you can use      lt  php echo  lang get bloginfo  language      gt    Plain and simple

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Simple   if pll current language       en         do your work here

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We can use the get locale function  if  get locale       en GB            drink tea

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lt  php                      currentpage     SERVER  REQUEST URI                         eep explode      currentpage                        ln  eep 1                       if  in array  en    eep                                                  lan  en                                             if  in array  es    eep                                                  lan  es                                           gt

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This plugin is documented rather good in https   polylang wordpress com documentation   Switching post language  The developers documentation states the following logic as a means to generate URL s for different translations of the same post   lt  php while   have posts       the post      gt   lt ul class  translations  gt  lt  php pll the languages array  post id    gt    post- gt ID      gt  lt  ul gt   lt  php the content      gt   lt  php endwhile    gt    If you want more influence on what is rendered  inspet pll the languages function and copy it s behaviour to your own output implementation  Switching site language  As you want buttons to switch language  this page  https   polylang wordpress com documentation frequently-asked-questions the-language-switcher  will give you the required info   An implementation example    lt ul gt  lt  php pll the languages     gt  lt  ul gt    Then style with CSS to create buttons  flags or whatever you want  It is also possible to use a widget for this  provided by te plugin  Getting current language  All plugins functions are explained here  https   polylang wordpress com documentation documentation-for-developers functions-reference   In this case use   pll current language

[php] How to determine the current language of a wordpress page when using polylang?

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