Array combined: new arraySearchKey method

Also update publish script and move URLS to .env file

publish/last.published

@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.1
+8.2.2

publish/publish.sh

@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ fi;
 # read in the .env.deploy file and we must have
 # GITLAB_USER
 # GITLAB_TOKEN
+# GITLAB_URL
+# GITEA_USER
 # GITEA_DEPLOY_TOKEN
+# GITEA_URL_DL
+# GITEA_URL_PUSH
 if [ ! -f "${BASE_FOLDER}.env.deploy" ]; then
      echo "Deploy enviroment file .env.deploy is missing";
      exit;
@@ -31,30 +35,34 @@ source .env.deploy;
 cd -;
 set +o allexport;
 
+echo "[START]";
 # gitea
-if [ ! -z "${GITEA_USER}" ] && [ ! -z "${GITEA_TOKEN}" ]; then
+if [ ! -z "${GITEA_URL_DL}" ] && [ ! -z "${GITEA_URL_PUSH}" ] &&
+     [ ! -z "${GITEA_USER}" ] && [ ! -z "${GITEA_TOKEN}" ]; then
      curl -LJO \
           --output-dir "${BASE_FOLDER}" \
-          https://git.egplusww.jp/Composer/CoreLibs-Composer-All/archive/v${VERSION}.zip;
+          ${GITEA_URL_DL}/v${VERSION}.zip;
      curl --user ${GITEA_USER}:${GITEA_TOKEN} \
           --upload-file "${BASE_FOLDER}/CoreLibs-Composer-All-v${VERSION}.zip" \
-          https://git.egplusww.jp/api/packages/Composer/composer?version=${VERSION};
+          ${GITEA_URL_PUSH}?version=${VERSION};
      echo "${VERSION}" > "${file_last_published}";
 else
      echo "Missing either GITEA_USER or GITEA_TOKEN environment variable";
 fi;
 
 # gitlab
-if [ ! -z  "${GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN}" ]; then
+if [ ! -z "${GITLAB_URL}" ] && [ ! -z  "${GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN}" ]; then
      curl --data tag=v${VERSION} \
           --header "Deploy-Token: ${GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN}" \
-          "https://gitlab-na.factory.tools/api/v4/projects/950/packages/composer";
+          "${GITLAB_URL}";
      curl --data branch=master \
           --header "Deploy-Token: ${GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN}" \
-          "https://gitlab-na.factory.tools/api/v4/projects/950/packages/composer";
+          "${GITLAB_URL}";
      echo "${VERSION}" > "${file_last_published}";
 else
      echo "Missing GITLAB_DEPLOY_TOKEN environment variable";
 fi;
+echo "";
+echo "[DONE]";
 
 # __END__

src/ACL/Login.php

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace CoreLibs\ACL;
 
 use CoreLibs\Check\Password;
+use CoreLibs\Convert\Json;
 
 class Login
 {
@@ -196,7 +197,12 @@ class Login
 	/** @var array<string,mixed> options */
 	private $options = [];
 	/** @var array<string,string> locale options: locale, domain, encoding (opt), path */
-	private $locale = [];
+	private $locale = [
+		'locale' => '',
+		'domain' => '',
+		'encoding' => '',
+		'path' => '',
+	];
 
 	/** @var \CoreLibs\Debug\Logging logger */
 	public $log;
@@ -423,7 +429,7 @@ class Login
 
 	/**
 	 * Set options
-	 * Current allowed
+	 * Current allowed:
 	 * target <string>: site target
 	 * debug <bool>
 	 * auto_login <bool>: self start login process
@@ -555,12 +561,12 @@ class Login
 			);
 			// set path
 			$options['locale_path'] = BASE . INCLUDES . LOCALE;
-			$_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH'] = $options['locale_path'];
 		}
+		$_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH'] = $options['locale_path'];
 		// LANG: LOCALE
 		if (empty($options['site_locale'])) {
 			trigger_error(
-				'loginMainCall: SITE_LOCALE or DEFAULT_LOCALE should not be used',
+				'loginMainCall: SITE_LOCALE should not be used',
 				E_USER_DEPRECATED
 			);
 			$options['site_locale'] = defined('SITE_LOCALE') && !empty(SITE_LOCALE) ?
@@ -580,7 +586,6 @@ class Login
 				);
 				// set domain
 				$options['site_domain'] = SITE_DOMAIN;
-				$_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN'] = $options['site_domain'];
 			} elseif (
 				defined('CONTENT_PATH')
 			) {
@@ -592,6 +597,16 @@ class Login
 				$options['set_domain'] = str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '', CONTENT_PATH);
 			}
 		}
+		$_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN'] = $options['site_domain'];
+		// LANG: ENCODING
+		if (empty($options['site_encoding'])) {
+			trigger_error(
+				'loginMainCall: SITE_ENCODING should not be used',
+				E_USER_DEPRECATED
+			);
+			$options['site_encoding'] = defined('SITE_ENCODING') && !empty(SITE_ENCODING) ?
+				SITE_ENCODING : 'UTF-8';
+		}
 
 		// write array to options
 		$this->options = $options;
@@ -739,7 +754,10 @@ class Login
 		// we have to get the themes in here too
 		$q = "SELECT eu.edit_user_id, eu.username, eu.password, "
 			. "eu.edit_group_id, "
-			. "eg.name AS edit_group_name, admin, "
+			. "eg.name AS edit_group_name, eu.admin, "
+			// additinal acl lists
+			. "eu.additional_acl AS user_additional_acl, "
+			. "eg.additional_acl AS group_additional_acl, "
 			// login error + locked
 			. "eu.login_error_count, eu.login_error_date_last, "
 			. "eu.login_error_date_first, eu.strict, eu.locked, "
@@ -887,8 +905,10 @@ class Login
 				$_SESSION['GROUP_NAME'] = $res['edit_group_name'];
 				$_SESSION['USER_ACL_LEVEL'] = $res['user_level'];
 				$_SESSION['USER_ACL_TYPE'] = $res['user_type'];
+				$_SESSION['USER_ADDITIONAL_ACL'] = Json::jsonConvertToArray($res['user_additional_acl']);
 				$_SESSION['GROUP_ACL_LEVEL'] = $res['group_level'];
 				$_SESSION['GROUP_ACL_TYPE'] = $res['group_type'];
+				$_SESSION['GROUP_ADDITIONAL_ACL'] = Json::jsonConvertToArray($res['group_additional_acl']);
 				// deprecated TEMPLATE setting
 				$_SESSION['TEMPLATE'] = $res['template'] ? $res['template'] : '';
 				$_SESSION['HEADER_COLOR'] = !empty($res['second_header_color']) ?
@@ -905,6 +925,7 @@ class Login
 				// rgb: nnn.n for each
 				// hsl: nnn.n for first, nnn.n% for 2nd, 3rd
 				// Check\Colors::validateColor()
+				// LANGUAGE/LOCALE/ENCODING:
 				$_SESSION['LANG'] = $res['locale'] ?? 'en';
 				$_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'] = $res['encoding'] ?? 'UTF-8';
 				$_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'] = $_SESSION['LANG']
@@ -1006,7 +1027,8 @@ class Login
 				$_SESSION['PAGES'] = $pages;
 				$_SESSION['PAGES_ACL_LEVEL'] = $pages_acl;
 				// load the edit_access user rights
-				$q = "SELECT ea.edit_access_id, level, type, ea.name, ea.color, ea.uid, edit_default "
+				$q = "SELECT ea.edit_access_id, level, type, ea.name, "
+					. "ea.color, ea.uid, edit_default, ea.additional_acl "
 					. "FROM edit_access_user eau, edit_access_right ear, edit_access ea "
 					. "WHERE eau.edit_access_id = ea.edit_access_id "
 					. "AND eau.edit_access_right_id = ear.edit_access_right_id "
@@ -1033,6 +1055,7 @@ class Login
 						'uid' => $res['uid'],
 						'color' => $res['color'],
 						'default' => $res['edit_default'],
+						'additional_acl' => Json::jsonConvertToArray($res['additional_acl']),
 						'data' => $ea_data
 					];
 					// set the default unit
@@ -1107,6 +1130,11 @@ class Login
 		// username (login), group name
 		$this->acl['user_name'] = $_SESSION['USER_NAME'];
 		$this->acl['group_name'] = $_SESSION['GROUP_NAME'];
+		// set additional acl
+		$this->acl['additional_acl'] = [
+			'user' => $_SESSION['USER_ADDITIONAL_ACL'],
+			'group' => $_SESSION['GROUP_ADDITIONAL_ACL'],
+		];
 		// we start with the default acl
 		$this->acl['base'] = $this->default_acl_level;
 
@@ -1169,7 +1197,8 @@ class Login
 				'uid' => $unit['uid'],
 				'level' => $this->default_acl_list[$this->acl['unit'][$ea_id]]['name'] ?? -1,
 				'default' => $unit['default'],
-				'data' => $unit['data']
+				'data' => $unit['data'],
+				'additional_acl' => $unit['additional_acl']
 			];
 			// set default
 			if (!empty($unit['default'])) {
@@ -1195,7 +1224,8 @@ class Login
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * set locale and load mo translator
+	 * set locale
+	 * if invalid, set to empty string
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
@@ -1204,22 +1234,52 @@ class Login
 		// ** LANGUAGE SET AFTER LOGIN **
 		// set the locale
 		if (
-			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'])
+			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE']) &&
+			preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_.@]+$/", $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'])
 		) {
 			$locale = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'];
-		} else {
+		} elseif (
+			!preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_.@]+$/", $this->options['site_locale'])
+		) {
 			$locale = $this->options['site_locale'];
+		} else {
+			$locale = '';
 		}
+		// set the charset
+		preg_match('/(?:\\.(?P<charset>[-A-Za-z0-9_]+))/', $locale, $matches);
+		$locale_encoding = $matches['charset'] ?? '';
+		if (!empty($locale_encoding)) {
+			$encoding = strtoupper($locale_encoding);
+		} elseif (
+			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET']) &&
+			preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_]+$/", $_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'])
+		) {
+			$encoding = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'];
+		} elseif (
+			!preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_]+$/", $this->options['site_encoding'])
+		) {
+			$encoding = $this->options['site_encoding'];
+		} else {
+			$encoding = '';
+		}
+		// check domain
+		$domain = $this->options['site_domain'];
+		if (
+			!preg_match("/^\w+$/", $this->options['site_domain'])
+		) {
+			$domain = '';
+		}
+		$path = $this->options['locale_path'];
+		if (!is_dir($path)) {
+			$path = '';
+		}
+		// domain and path are a must set from class options
 		$this->locale = [
 			'locale' => $locale,
-			'domain' => $this->options['site_domain'],
-			'path' => $this->options['locale_path'],
+			'domain' => $domain,
+			'encoding' => $encoding,
+			'path' => $path,
 		];
-		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n(
-			$this->locale['locale'],
-			$this->locale['domain'],
-			$this->locale['path']
-		);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1824,6 +1884,12 @@ EOM;
 		$this->loginLogoutUser();
 		// ** LANGUAGE SET AFTER LOGIN **
 		$this->loginSetLocale();
+		// load translator
+		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n(
+			$this->locale['locale'],
+			$this->locale['domain'],
+			$this->locale['path']
+		);
 		// if the password change flag is okay, run the password change method
 		if ($this->password_change) {
 			$this->loginPasswordChange();
@@ -2396,6 +2462,53 @@ EOM;
 	): bool|string {
 		return $this->loginGetEditAccessData($edit_access_id, $data_key);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return locale settings with
+	 * locale
+	 * domain
+	 * encoding
+	 * path
+	 *
+	 * empty string if not set
+	 *
+	 * @return array<string,string> Locale settings
+	 */
+	public function loginGetLocale(): array
+	{
+		return $this->locale;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * return header color or null for not set
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null Header color in RGB hex with leading sharp
+	 */
+	public function loginGetHeaderColor(): ?string
+	{
+		return $_SESSION['HEADER_COLOR'] ?? null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the current loaded list of pages the user can access
+	 *
+	 * @return array<mixed>
+	 */
+	public function loginGetPages(): array
+	{
+
+		return $_SESSION['PAGES'] ?? [];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the current set EUID (edit user id)
+	 *
+	 * @return string EUID as string
+	 */
+	public function loginGetEuid(): string
+	{
+		return $this->euid;
+	}
 }
 
 // __END__

src/Admin/Backend.php

@@ -121,14 +121,13 @@ class Backend
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Debug\Logging  $log     Logging class
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Create\Session $session Session interface class
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Language\L10n  $l10n    l10n language class
-	 * @param array<string,string>     $locale  locale data read from setLocale
+	 * @param int|null                 $set_default_acl_level Default ACL level
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		\CoreLibs\DB\IO $db,
 		\CoreLibs\Debug\Logging $log,
 		\CoreLibs\Create\Session $session,
 		\CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n,
-		array $locale,
 		?int $set_default_acl_level = null
 	) {
 		// attach db class
@@ -142,12 +141,12 @@ class Backend
 		// get the language sub class & init it
 		$this->l = $l10n;
 		// parse and read, legacy stuff
+		$locale = $this->l->getLocaleAsArray();
 		$this->encoding = $locale['encoding'];
 		$this->lang = $locale['lang'];
-		// get first part from lang
-		$this->lang_short = explode('_', $locale['lang'])[0];
-		$this->domain = $this->l->getDomain();
-		$this->lang_dir = $this->l->getBaseLocalePath();
+		$this->lang_short = $locale['lang_short'];
+		$this->domain = $locale['domain'];
+		$this->lang_dir = $locale['path'];
 
 		// set the page name
 		$this->page_name = \CoreLibs\Get\System::getPageName();

src/Admin/EditBase.php

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class EditBase
 	private $form;
 	/** @var \CoreLibs\Debug\Logging */
 	public $log;
+	/** @var \CoreLibs\ACL\Login */
+	public $login;
 
 	/**
 	 * construct form generator
@@ -42,18 +44,24 @@ class EditBase
 	 * @param array<mixed>            $db_config db config array, mandatory
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Debug\Logging $log       Logging class, null auto set
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n      l10n language class, null auto set
-	 * @param array<string,string>    $locale    locale array from ::setLocale,
-	 *                                           null auto set
+	 * @param \CoreLibs\ACL\Login     $login     login class for ACL settings
+	 * @param array<string,mixed>     $options   Various settings options
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		array $db_config,
 		\CoreLibs\Debug\Logging $log,
 		\CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n,
-		array $locale
+		\CoreLibs\ACL\Login $login,
+		array $options
 	) {
 		$this->log = $log;
+		$this->login = $login;
 		// smarty template engine (extended Translation version)
-		$this->smarty = new \CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend($l10n, $locale);
+		$this->smarty = new \CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend(
+			$l10n,
+			$options['cache_id'] ?? '',
+			$options['compile_id'] ?? '',
+		);
 		// turn off set log per class
 		$log->setLogPer('class', false);
 
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ class EditBase
 			$db_config,
 			$log,
 			$l10n,
-			$locale
+			$this->login->loginGetAcl()
 		);
 		if ($this->form->mobile_phone) {
 			echo "I am sorry, but this page cannot be viewed by a mobile phone";
@@ -272,23 +280,16 @@ class EditBase
 
 		// MENU START
 		// request some session vars
-		if (empty($_SESSION['HEADER_COLOR'])) {
-			$this->DATA['HEADER_COLOR'] = '#E0E2FF';
-		} else {
-			$this->DATA['HEADER_COLOR'] = $_SESSION['HEADER_COLOR'];
-		}
-		$this->DATA['USER_NAME'] = $_SESSION['USER_NAME'];
-		$this->DATA['EUID'] = $_SESSION['EUID'];
-		$this->DATA['GROUP_NAME'] = $_SESSION['GROUP_NAME'];
-		$this->DATA['GROUP_LEVEL'] = $_SESSION['GROUP_ACL_LEVEL'];
-		$PAGES = $_SESSION['PAGES'];
+		$this->DATA['HEADER_COLOR'] = $this->login->loginGetHeaderColor() ?? '#E0E2FF';
+		$this->DATA['USER_NAME'] = $this->login->loginGetAcl()['user_name'] ?? '';
+		$this->DATA['EUID'] = $this->login->loginGetEuid();
+		$this->DATA['GROUP_NAME'] = $this->login->loginGetAcl()['group_name'] ?? '';
+		$this->DATA['ACCESS_LEVEL'] = $this->login->loginGetAcl()['base'] ?? '';
+		// below is old and to removed when edit_body.tpl is updates
+		$this->DATA['GROUP_LEVEL'] = $this->DATA['ACCESS_LEVEL'];
+		$PAGES = $this->login->loginGetPages();
 
 		//$this->form->log->debug('menu', $this->form->log->prAr($PAGES));
-
-		// build nav from $PAGES ...
-		if (!isset($PAGES) || !is_array($PAGES)) {
-			$PAGES = [];
-		}
 		$menuarray = [];
 		foreach ($PAGES as $PAGE_CUID => $PAGE_DATA) {
 			if ($PAGE_DATA['menu'] && $PAGE_DATA['online']) {
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ class EditBase
 		$set_admin_stylesheet = $set_admin_stylesheet ?? ADMIN_STYLESHEET;
 		$set_default_encoding = $set_default_encoding ?? DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 		$set_css = $set_css ?? LAYOUT . CSS;
-		$set_css = $set_js ?? LAYOUT . JS;
+		$set_js = $set_js ?? LAYOUT . JS;
 		$set_root = $set_root ?? ROOT;
 		$set_content_path = $set_content_path ?? CONTENT_PATH;
 

src/Combined/ArrayHandler.php

@@ -177,6 +177,63 @@ class ArrayHandler
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * search for one or many keys in array and return matching values
+	 * If flat is set to true, return flat array with found values only
+	 * If prefix is turned on each found group will be prefixed with the
+	 * search key
+	 *
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $array   array to search in
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $needles keys to find in array
+	 * @param  bool         $flat    [false] Turn on flat output
+	 * @param  bool         $prefix  [false] Prefix found with needle key
+	 * @return array<mixed>          Found values
+	 */
+	public static function arraySearchKey(
+		array $array,
+		array $needles,
+		bool $flat = false,
+		bool $prefix = false
+	): array {
+		$iterator  = new \RecursiveArrayIterator($array);
+		$recursive = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(
+			$iterator,
+			\RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST
+		);
+		$hit_list = [];
+		if ($prefix === true) {
+			$hit_list = array_fill_keys($needles, []);
+		}
+		$key_path = [];
+		$prev_depth = 0;
+		foreach ($recursive as $key => $value) {
+			if ($prev_depth > $recursive->getDepth()) {
+				$key_path = [];
+			}
+			$prev_depth = $recursive->getDepth();
+			if ($flat === false) {
+				$key_path[$recursive->getDepth()] = $key;
+			}
+			if (in_array($key, $needles, true)) {
+				ksort($key_path);
+				if ($flat === true) {
+					$hit = $value;
+				} else {
+					$hit = [
+						'value' => $value,
+						'path' => $key_path
+					];
+				}
+				if ($prefix === true) {
+					$hit_list[$key][] = $hit;
+				} else {
+					$hit_list[] = $hit;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $hit_list;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * correctly recursive merges as an array as array_merge_recursive
 	 * just glues things together

src/DB/SQL/Interface/SqlFunctions.php

@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ interface SqlFunctions
 	 */
 	public function __dbSendQuery(string $query): bool;
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $query
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $params
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendQueryParams(string $query, array $params): bool;
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
@@ -74,6 +83,24 @@ interface SqlFunctions
 	 */
 	public function __dbExecute(string $name, array $data): \PgSql\Result|false;
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $name
+	 * @param  string $query
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendPrepare(string $name, string $query): bool;
+
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $name
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $params
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendExecute(string $name, array $params): bool;
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *
@@ -99,6 +126,15 @@ interface SqlFunctions
 	 */
 	public function __dbFieldName(\PgSql\Result|false $cursor, int $i): string|false;
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @param  \PgSql\Result|false $cursor
+	 * @param  int $i
+	 * @return string|false
+	 */
+	public function __dbFieldType(\PgSql\Result|false $cursor, int $i): string|false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *

src/DB/SQL/PgSQL.php

@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 * pg_affected_rows (*)
 * pg_fetch_array
 * pg_query
+* pg_query_params
 * pg_send_query
+* pg_send_query_params
+* pg_send_prepare
+* pg_send_execute
 * pg_get_result
 * pg_connection_busy
 * pg_close
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ namespace CoreLibs\DB\SQL;
 // below no ignore is needed if we want to use PgSql interface checks with PHP 8.0
 // as main system. Currently all @var sets are written as object
 /** @#phan-file-suppress PhanUndeclaredTypeProperty,PhanUndeclaredTypeParameter,PhanUndeclaredTypeReturnType */
+/** @phan-file-suppress PhanTypeMismatchArgumentInternal, PhanTypeMismatchReturn */
 
 class PgSQL implements Interface\SqlFunctions
 {
@@ -93,8 +98,7 @@ class PgSQL implements Interface\SqlFunctions
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Proposed
-	 * wrapperf or pg_query_params for queries in the style of
+	 * wrapper for pg_query_params for queries in the style of
 	 * SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE foobar = $1
 	 *
 	 * @param  string       $query  Query string with placeholders $1, ..
@@ -132,6 +136,22 @@ class PgSQL implements Interface\SqlFunctions
 		return $result ? true : false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * sends an async query to the server with params
+	 *
+	 * @param  string       $query  Query string with placeholders $1, ..
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $params Matching parameters for each placerhold
+	 * @return bool         true/false Query sent successful status
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendQueryParams(string $query, array $params): bool
+	{
+		if (is_bool($this->dbh)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$result = pg_send_query_params($this->dbh, $query, $params);
+		return $result ? true : false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * wrapper for pg_get_result
 	 *
@@ -208,6 +228,38 @@ class PgSQL implements Interface\SqlFunctions
 		return $result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Asnyc send for a prepared statement
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $name
+	 * @param  string $query
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendPrepare(string $name, string $query): bool
+	{
+		if (is_bool($this->dbh)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$result = pg_send_prepare($this->dbh, $name, $query);
+		return $result ? true : false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Asnyc ssend for a prepared statement execution
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $name
+	 * @param  array<mixed> $params
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function __dbSendExecute(string $name, array $params): bool
+	{
+		if (is_bool($this->dbh)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$result = pg_send_execute($this->dbh, $name, $params);
+		return $result ? true : false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * wrapper for pg_num_rows
 	 *
@@ -251,6 +303,21 @@ class PgSQL implements Interface\SqlFunctions
 		return pg_field_name($cursor, $i);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * wrapper for pg_field_name
+	 *
+	 * @param  \PgSql\Result|false $cursor cursor
+	 * @param  int                 $i      field position
+	 * @return string|false                field type name or false
+	 */
+	public function __dbFieldType(\PgSql\Result|false $cursor, int $i): string|false
+	{
+		if (is_bool($cursor)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return pg_field_type($cursor, $i);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * wrapper for pg_fetch_array
 	 * if through/true false, use __dbResultType(true)

src/Debug/Logging.php

@@ -251,22 +251,22 @@ class Logging
 			'debug',
 			$this->options['debug_all'] ??
 				// for user login, should be handled outside like globals
-				$_SESSION['DEBUG_ALL'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['DEBUG_ALL'] ??
+				$_SESSION['DEBUG_ALL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
+				$GLOBALS['DEBUG_ALL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		$this->setLogLevelAll(
 			'print',
 			$this->options['print_all'] ??
 				// for user login, should be handled outside like globals
-				$_SESSION['DEBUG_ALL'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['PRINT_ALL'] ??
+				$_SESSION['DEBUG_ALL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
+				$GLOBALS['PRINT_ALL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		$this->setLogLevelAll(
 			'echo',
 			$this->options['echo_all'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['ECHO_ALL'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['ECHO_ALL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 
@@ -274,32 +274,32 @@ class Logging
 		// add file date is default on
 		$this->setGetLogPrintFileDate(
 			$this->options['print_file_date'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['LOG_PRINT_FILE_DATE'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['LOG_PRINT_FILE_DATE'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				true
 		);
 		// all other logging file name flags are off
 		$this->setLogPer(
 			'level',
 			$this->options['per_level'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_LEVEL'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_LEVEL'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		$this->setLogPer(
 			'class',
 			$this->options['per_class'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_CLASS'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_CLASS'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		$this->setLogPer(
 			'page',
 			$this->options['per_page'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_PAGE'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_PAGE'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		$this->setLogPer(
 			'run',
 			$this->options['per_run'] ??
-				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_RUN'] ??
+				$GLOBALS['LOG_PER_RUN'] ?? // DEPRECATED
 				false
 		);
 		// set log per date

src/Language/GetLocale.php

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class GetLocale
 	 * @param  string|null $encoding override encoding
 	 * @param  string|null $path     override path
 	 * @return array<string,string>  locale, domain, encoding, path
+	 * @deprecated use GetLocale::setLocaleSession(...) instead
 	 */
 	public static function setLocale(
 		?string $locale = null,
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ class GetLocale
 		?string $encoding = null,
 		?string $path = null
 	): array {
+		trigger_error(
+			'Use \CoreLibs\Language\GetLocale::setLocaleSession(...) instead',
+			E_USER_DEPRECATED
+		);
 		// locale must match at least basic rules
 		if (
 			empty($locale) ||
@@ -137,6 +142,113 @@ class GetLocale
 			'path' => $path,
 		];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * NOTE: For getting the login info via login class use ->loginGetLocale()
+	 *
+	 * Set locale from session or from override parameters
+	 * This is the prefered version to setLocale
+	 * It usese the following SESSION VARIABLES
+	 * DEFAULT_LOCALE
+	 * DEFAULT_DOMAIN
+	 * DEFAULT_CHARSET (should be set from DEFAULT_LOCALE)
+	 * LOCALE_PATH
+	 * in the return array, null set invalid information
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $locale   override locale
+	 * @param  string $domain   override domain
+	 * @param  string $encoding override encoding
+	 * @param  string $path     override path
+	 * @return array<string,string>  locale, domain, encoding, path
+	 * @return array<string,string|null> Return list of set locale information
+	 * @deprecated This version will be removed in a future version use ACL\Login->loginGetLocale() instead
+	 */
+	public static function setLocaleFromSession(
+		string $locale,
+		string $domain,
+		string $encoding,
+		string $path
+	): array {
+		// locale must match at least basic rules
+		if (
+			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE']) &&
+			preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_.@]+$/", $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'])
+		) {
+			// parse from session (logged in)
+			$locale = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'];
+		} elseif (
+			empty($locale) ||
+			!preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_.@]+$/", $locale)
+		) {
+			$locale = null;
+		}
+		// if domain is set, must be alphanumeric, if not unset
+		if (
+			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN']) &&
+			preg_match("/^\w+$/", $_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN'])
+		) {
+			$domain = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN'];
+		} elseif (
+			empty($domain) ||
+			!preg_match("/^\w+$/", $domain)
+		) {
+			$domain = null;
+		}
+		// check that override encoding matches locale encoding
+		// if locale encoding is set
+		preg_match('/(?:\\.(?P<charset>[-A-Za-z0-9_]+))/', $locale ?? '', $matches);
+		$locale_encoding = $matches['charset'] ?? null;
+		if (!empty($locale_encoding)) {
+			$encoding = strtoupper($locale_encoding);
+		} elseif (
+			!empty($_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET']) &&
+			preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_]+$/", $_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'])
+		) {
+			$encoding = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'];
+		} elseif (
+			empty($encoding) ||
+			// not valid encoding
+			!preg_match("/^[-A-Za-z0-9_]+$/", $encoding)
+		) {
+			$encoding = null;
+		}
+		// path checks if set, if not valid path unset to default BASE path
+		if (
+			!empty($_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH']) &&
+			is_dir($_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH'])
+		) {
+			$path = $_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH'];
+		} elseif (
+			empty($path) ||
+			!is_dir($path)
+		) {
+			$path = null;
+		}
+		// extract lang & country from locale string, else set to en
+		if (
+			preg_match(
+				// lang
+				'/^(?P<lang>[a-z]{2,3})'
+				// country code
+				. '(?:_(?P<country>[A-Z]{2}))?/',
+				$locale ?? '',
+				$matches
+			)
+		) {
+			$lang = ($matches['lang'] ?? 'en')
+				// add country only if set
+				. (!empty($matches['country']) ? '_' . $matches['country'] : '');
+		} else {
+			$lang = null;
+		}
+		return [
+			'locale' => $locale,
+			'lang' => $lang,
+			'domain' => $domain,
+			'encoding' => $encoding,
+			'path' => $path,
+		];
+	}
 }
 
 // __END__

src/Language/L10n.php

@@ -32,12 +32,18 @@ use CoreLibs\Language\Core\GetTextReader;
 
 class L10n
 {
+	/** @var string the default fallback encoding if nothing is set */
+	public const DEFAULT_CHARSET = 'UTF-8';
 	/** @var string the current locale */
 	private $locale = '';
 	/** @var string the SET locale as WHERE the domain file is */
 	private $locale_set = '';
 	/** @var string the default selected/active domain */
 	private $domain = '';
+	/** @var string encoding, as from locale or set from outside */
+	private $override_encoding = self::DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+	/** @var string encoding set during the parse Locale */
+	private $encoding = '';
 	/** @var array<string,array<string,GetTextReader>> locale > domain = translator */
 	private $domains = [];
 	/** @var array<string,string> bound paths for domains */
@@ -71,15 +77,18 @@ class L10n
 	 * if locale is not empty will load translation
 	 * else getTranslator needs to be called
 	 *
-	 * @param string $locale language name, default empty string
-	 *                       will return self instance
-	 * @param string $domain override CONTENT_PATH . $encoding name for mo file
-	 * @param string $path   path, if empty fallback on default internal path
+	 * @param string $locale   language name, default empty string
+	 *                         will return self instance
+	 * @param string $domain   override CONTENT_PATH . $encoding name for mo file
+	 * @param string $path     path, if empty fallback on default internal path
+	 * @param string $encoding Optional encoding, should be set if locale has
+	 *                         no encoding, defaults to UTF-8
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		string $locale = '',
 		string $domain = '',
-		string $path = ''
+		string $path = '',
+		string $encoding = ''
 	) {
 		// auto load language only if at least locale and domain is set
 		// New: path must be set too, or we fall through
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ class L10n
 				$path = $domain;
 				$domain = $_domain;
 			}
-			$this->getTranslator($locale, $domain, $path);
+			$this->getTranslator($locale, $domain, $path, $encoding);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -137,13 +146,15 @@ class L10n
 	 *
 	 * @param string $locale language name, if not set, try previous set
 	 * @param string $domain set name for mo file, if not set, try previous set
-	 * @param string $path   path, if not set try to get from paths array, else self
+	 * @param string $path path, if not set try to get from paths array, else self
+	 * @param string $override_encoding if locale does not env encoding set, use this one
 	 * @return GetTextReader the main gettext reader object
 	 */
 	public function getTranslator(
 		string $locale = '',
 		string $domain = '',
-		string $path = ''
+		string $path = '',
+		string $override_encoding = '',
 	): GetTextReader {
 		// set local if not from parameter
 		if (empty($locale)) {
@@ -153,11 +164,16 @@ class L10n
 		if (empty($domain)) {
 			$domain = $this->domain;
 		}
+		// override encoding for unset
+		if (!empty($override_encoding)) {
+			$this->override_encoding = $override_encoding;
+		}
 		// store old settings
 		$old_mofile = $this->mofile;
 		$old_lang = $this->locale;
 		$old_lang_set = $this->locale_set;
 		$old_domain = $this->domain;
+		$old_encoding = $this->encoding;
 		$old_base_locale_path = $this->base_locale_path;
 		$old_base_content_path = $this->base_content_path;
 
@@ -186,6 +202,7 @@ class L10n
 		// now we loop over lang compositions to get the base path
 		// then we check
 		$locales = $this->listLocales($locale);
+		$encoding = $this->getEncodingFromLocale($locale);
 		foreach ($locales as $_locale) {
 			$this->base_content_path = $_locale . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 				. 'LC_MESSAGES' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
@@ -202,6 +219,7 @@ class L10n
 		if (is_readable($this->mofile)) {
 			// locale and domain current wanted
 			$this->locale = $locale;
+			$this->encoding = $encoding;
 			$this->domain = $domain;
 			// set empty domains path with current locale
 			if (empty($this->domains[$locale])) {
@@ -225,6 +243,7 @@ class L10n
 			$this->mofile = $old_mofile;
 			$this->locale = $old_lang;
 			$this->locale_set = $old_lang_set;
+			$this->encoding = $old_encoding;
 			$this->domain = $old_domain;
 			$this->base_locale_path = $old_base_locale_path;
 			$this->base_content_path = $old_base_content_path;
@@ -258,21 +277,36 @@ class L10n
 		return $this->l10n;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Extract encoding from Locale, or fallback to override one if not set
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $locale
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function getEncodingFromLocale(string $locale): string
+	{
+		// extract charset from $locale
+		// if not set get override encoding
+		preg_match('/(?:\\.(?P<charset>[-A-Za-z0-9_]+))/', $locale, $matches);
+		return $matches['charset'] ?? $this->override_encoding;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the local as array same to the GetLocale::setLocale return
 	 * This does not set from outside, but only what is set in the l10n class
 	 *
-	 * @return array{locale: string, lang: string|null, domain: string, encoding: string|null, path: string}
+	 * @return array{locale: string, lang: string, lang_short: string, domain: string, encoding: string, path: string}
 	 */
 	public function getLocaleAsArray(): array
 	{
 		$locale = L10n::parseLocale($this->getLocale());
 		return [
 			'locale' => $this->getLocale(),
-			'lang' => $locale['lang']
+			'lang' => ($locale['lang'] ?? '')
 				. (!empty($locale['country']) ? '_' . $locale['country'] : ''),
+			'lang_short' => $locale['lang'] ?? '',
 			'domain' => $this->getDomain(),
-			'encoding' => $locale['charset'],
+			'encoding' => $this->getEncoding(),
 			'path' => $this->getBaseLocalePath(),
 		];
 	}
@@ -515,6 +549,37 @@ class L10n
 		return $this->locale_set;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set override encoding
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $encoding
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function setOverrideEncoding(string $encoding): void
+	{
+		$this->override_encoding = $encoding;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * return current set override encoding
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getOverrideEncoding(): string
+	{
+		return $this->override_encoding;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Current set encoding
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getEncoding(): string
+	{
+		return $this->encoding;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * get current set language
 	 *

src/Output/Form/Generate.php

@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 	private $acl_admin = 0;
 	/** @var array<mixed> */
 	public $security_level;
+	/** @var array<string,mixed> Login ACL */
+	public $login_acl = [];
 	// layout publics
 	/** @var int */
 	public $table_width;
@@ -308,7 +310,8 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 	 * @param array<mixed>            $db_config    db config array, mandatory
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Debug\Logging $log          Logging class
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n         l10n language class
-	 * @param array<string,string>    $locale       locale array from ::setLocale
+	 * @param array<string,mixed>     $login_acl	Login ACL array,
+	 *                                              at least base/admin should be set
 	 * @param array<mixed>|null       $table_arrays Override table array data
 	 *                                              instead of try to load from
 	 *                                              include file
@@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 		array $db_config,
 		\CoreLibs\Debug\Logging $log,
 		\CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n,
-		array $locale,
+		array $login_acl,
 		?array $table_arrays = null,
 	) {
 		// init logger if not set
@@ -327,19 +330,19 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 		$this->log->setLogPer('class', false);
 		// init the language class
 		$this->l = $l10n;
-		// legacy lang vars set
+		// parse and read, legacy stuff
+		$locale = $this->l->getLocaleAsArray();
 		$this->encoding = $locale['encoding'];
 		$this->lang = $locale['lang'];
-		// get first part from lang
-		$this->lang_short = explode('_', $locale['lang'])[0];
-		$this->domain = $this->l->getDomain();
-		$this->lang_dir = $this->l->getBaseLocalePath();
+		$this->lang_short = $locale['lang_short'];
+		$this->domain = $locale['domain'];
+		$this->lang_dir = $locale['path'];
 		// load config array
 		// get table array definitions for current page name
-
+		$this->login_acl = $login_acl;
 		// security settings
-		$this->base_acl_level = (int)$_SESSION['BASE_ACL_LEVEL'];
-		$this->acl_admin = (int)$_SESSION['ADMIN'];
+		$this->base_acl_level = $this->login_acl['base'] ?? 0;
+		$this->acl_admin = $this->login_acl['admin'] ?? 0;
 
 		// replace any non valid variable names and set my page name
 		$this->my_page_name = str_replace(
@@ -377,7 +380,6 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 			$this->base_acl_level,
 			$this->acl_admin
 		);
-		// $this->log->debug('SESSION FORM', 'sessin: ' . $this->log->prAr($_SESSION));
 		// here should be a check if the config_array is correct ...
 		if (isset($config_array['show_fields']) && is_array($config_array['show_fields'])) {
 			$this->field_array = $config_array['show_fields'];

src/Template/SmartyExtend.php

@@ -160,13 +160,11 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 	 * also registers the getvar caller plugin
 	 *
 	 * @param \CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n l10n language class
-	 * @param array<string,string>    $locale locale data read from setLocale
 	 * @param string|null             $cache_id
 	 * @param string|null             $compile_id
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		\CoreLibs\Language\L10n $l10n,
-		array $locale,
 		?string $cache_id = null,
 		?string $compile_id = null
 	) {
@@ -192,13 +190,12 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		// iinit lang
 		$this->l10n = $l10n;
 		// parse and read, legacy stuff
+		$locale = $this->l10n->getLocaleAsArray();
 		$this->encoding = $locale['encoding'];
 		$this->lang = $locale['lang'];
-		// get first part from lang
-		$this->lang_short = explode('_', $locale['lang'])[0];
-		$this->domain = $this->l10n->getDomain();
-		$this->locale_set = $this->l10n->getLocaleSet();
-		$this->lang_dir = $this->l10n->getBaseLocalePath();
+		$this->lang_short = $locale['lang_short'];
+		$this->domain = $locale['domain'];
+		$this->lang_dir = $locale['path'];
 
 		// opt load functions so we can use legacy init for smarty run perhaps
 		\CoreLibs\Language\L10n::loadFunctions();
@@ -455,92 +452,95 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 	 * wrapper call for setSmartyVars
 	 * this is for frontend type and will not set any only admin needed variables
 	 *
-	 * @param  string|null $compile_dir          BASE . TEMPLATES_C
-	 * @param  string|null $cache_dir            BASE . CACHE
-	 * @param  string|null $set_js               JS
-	 * @param  string|null $set_css              CSS
-	 * @param  string|null $set_font             FONT
-	 * @param  string|null $set_default_encoding DEFAULT_ENCODING
-	 * @param  string|null $set_g_title          G_TITLE
-	 * @param  string|null $set_stylesheet       STYLESHEET
-	 * @param  string|null $set_javascript       JAVASCRIPT
-	 * @param  \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend|null $cms Optinal Admin Backend for
-	 *                                           smarty variables merge
+	 * @param  array<string,string> $options list with the following value:
+	 *                              compile_dir      :BASE . TEMPLATES_C
+	 *                              cache_dir        :BASE . CACHE
+	 *                              js               :JS
+	 *                              css              :CSS
+	 *                              font             :FONT
+	 *                              default_encoding :DEFAULT_ENCODING
+	 *                              g_title          :G_TITLE
+	 *                              stylesheet       :STYLESHEET
+	 *                              javascript       :JAVASCRIPT
+	 * @param  array<string,mixed>  $smarty_data     array of three keys
+	 *                                               that hold smarty set strings
+	 *                                               HEADER, DATA, DEBUG_DATA
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function setSmartyVarsFrontend(
-		?string $compile_dir = null,
-		?string $cache_dir = null,
-		?string $set_js = null,
-		?string $set_css = null,
-		?string $set_font = null,
-		?string $set_default_encoding = null,
-		?string $set_g_title = null,
-		?string $set_stylesheet = null,
-		?string $set_javascript = null,
-		?\CoreLibs\Admin\Backend $cms = null
+		array $options,
+		array $smarty_data
 	): void {
 		$this->setSmartyVars(
 			false,
-			$cms,
-			$compile_dir,
-			$cache_dir,
-			$set_js,
-			$set_css,
-			$set_font,
-			$set_default_encoding,
-			$set_g_title,
+			$smarty_data,
+			null,
+			$options['compile_dir'] ?? null,
+			$options['cache_dir'] ?? null,
+			$options['js'] ?? null,
+			$options['css'] ?? null,
+			$options['font'] ?? null,
+			$options['default_encoding'] ?? null,
+			$options['g_title'] ?? null,
 			null,
 			null,
 			null,
-			$set_stylesheet,
-			$set_javascript
+			null,
+			null,
+			$options['stylesheet'] ?? null,
+			$options['javascript'] ?? null
 		);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * wrapper call for setSmartyVars
 	 * this is only for admin interface and will set additional variables
-	 * @param  string|null $compile_dir          BASE . TEMPLATES_C
-	 * @param  string|null $cache_dir            BASE . CACHE
-	 * @param  string|null $set_js               JS
-	 * @param  string|null $set_css              CSS
-	 * @param  string|null $set_font             FONT
-	 * @param  string|null $set_default_encoding DEFAULT_ENCODING
-	 * @param  string|null $set_g_title          G_TITLE
-	 * @param  string|null $set_admin_stylesheet ADMIN_STYLESHEET
-	 * @param  string|null $set_admin_javascript ADMIN_JAVASCRIPT
-	 * @param  string|null $set_page_width       PAGE_WIDTH
+	 * @param  array<string,string> $options list with the following value:
+	 *                              compile_dir      :BASE . TEMPLATES_C
+	 *                              cache_dir        :BASE . CACHE
+	 *                              js               :JS
+	 *                              css              :CSS
+	 *                              font             :FONT
+	 *                              default_encoding :DEFAULT_ENCODING
+	 *                              g_title          :G_TITLE
+	 *                              admin_stylesheet :ADMIN_STYLESHEET
+	 *                              admin_javascript :ADMIN_JAVASCRIPT
+	 *                              page_width       :PAGE_WIDTH
+	 *                              content_path     :CONTENT_PATH
+	 *                              user_name        :_SESSION['USER_NAME']
 	 * @param  \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend|null $cms Optinal Admin Backend for
 	 *                                           smarty variables merge
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function setSmartyVarsAdmin(
-		?string $compile_dir = null,
-		?string $cache_dir = null,
-		?string $set_js = null,
-		?string $set_css = null,
-		?string $set_font = null,
-		?string $set_default_encoding = null,
-		?string $set_g_title = null,
-		?string $set_admin_stylesheet = null,
-		?string $set_admin_javascript = null,
-		?string $set_page_width = null,
+		array $options,
 		?\CoreLibs\Admin\Backend $cms = null
 	): void {
+		// if we have cms data, check for array blocks and build
+		$smarty_data = [];
+		if ($cms !== null) {
+			$smarty_data = [
+				'HEADER' => $cms->HEADER,
+				'DATA' => $cms->DATA,
+				'DEBUG_DATA' => $cms->DEBUG_DATA
+			];
+		}
 		$this->setSmartyVars(
 			true,
+			$smarty_data,
 			$cms,
-			$compile_dir,
-			$cache_dir,
-			$set_js,
-			$set_css,
-			$set_font,
-			$set_g_title,
-			$set_default_encoding,
-			$set_admin_stylesheet,
-			$set_admin_javascript,
-			$set_page_width,
+			$options['compile_dir'] ?? null,
+			$options['cache_dir'] ?? null,
+			$options['js'] ?? null,
+			$options['css'] ?? null,
+			$options['font'] ?? null,
+			$options['g_title'] ?? null,
+			$options['default_encoding'] ?? null,
+			$options['admin_stylesheet'] ?? null,
+			$options['admin_javascript'] ?? null,
+			$options['page_width'] ?? null,
+			$options['content_path'] ?? null,
+			$options['user_name'] ?? null,
 			null,
 			null
 		);
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 	 *
 	 * @param  bool        $admin_call           default false
 	 *                                           will set admin only variables
+	 * @param  array<string,mixed> $smarty_data  smarty data to merge
 	 * @param  \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend|null $cms Optinal Admin Backend for
 	 *                                           smarty variables merge
 	 * @param  string|null $compile_dir          BASE . TEMPLATES_C
@@ -564,12 +565,15 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 	 * @param  string|null $set_admin_stylesheet ADMIN_STYLESHEET
 	 * @param  string|null $set_admin_javascript ADMIN_JAVASCRIPT
 	 * @param  string|null $set_page_width       PAGE_WIDTH
+	 * @param  string|null $set_content_path     CONTENT_PATH  (only if $cms set and admin)
+	 * @param  string|null $set_user_name        _SESSION['USER_NAME']
 	 * @param  string|null $set_stylesheet       STYLESHEET
 	 * @param  string|null $set_javascript       JAVASCRIPT
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	private function setSmartyVars(
 		bool $admin_call,
+		array $smarty_data = [],
 		?\CoreLibs\Admin\Backend $cms = null,
 		?string $compile_dir = null,
 		?string $cache_dir = null,
@@ -581,8 +585,10 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		?string $set_admin_stylesheet = null,
 		?string $set_admin_javascript = null,
 		?string $set_page_width = null,
+		?string $set_content_path = null,
+		?string $set_user_name = null,
 		?string $set_stylesheet = null,
-		?string $set_javascript = null
+		?string $set_javascript = null,
 	): void {
 		// trigger deprecation
 		if (
@@ -597,7 +603,8 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 				$admin_call === true && (
 					$set_admin_stylesheet === null ||
 					$set_admin_javascript === null ||
-					$set_page_width === null
+					$set_page_width === null ||
+					$set_user_name === null
 				)
 			) ||
 			(
@@ -605,6 +612,9 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 					$set_stylesheet === null ||
 					$set_javascript === null
 				)
+			) ||
+			(
+				$admin_call === true && $cms !== null && $set_content_path === null
 			)
 		) {
 			/** @deprecated setSmartyVars call without parameters */
@@ -624,24 +634,12 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		$set_admin_stylesheet = $set_admin_stylesheet ?? ADMIN_STYLESHEET;
 		$set_admin_javascript = $set_admin_javascript ?? ADMIN_JAVASCRIPT;
 		$set_page_width = $set_page_width ?? PAGE_WIDTH;
+		$set_content_path = $set_content_path ?? CONTENT_PATH;
 		$set_stylesheet = $set_stylesheet ?? STYLESHEET;
 		$set_javascript = $set_javascript ?? JAVASCRIPT;
-		// depreacte call globals cms on null 4mcs
-		if (
-			$cms === null &&
-			isset($GLOBALS['cms'])
-		) {
-			/** @deprecated setSmartyVars globals cms is deprecated */
-			trigger_error(
-				'Calling setSmartyVars without cms parameter when needed is deprecated',
-				E_USER_DEPRECATED
-			);
-		}
-		// this is ugly
-		$cms = $cms ?? $GLOBALS['cms'] ?? null;
-		if ($cms instanceof \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend) {
-			$this->mergeCmsSmartyVars($cms);
-		}
+		$set_user_name = $set_user_name ?? $_SESSION['USER_NAME'] ?? '';
+		// merge additional smarty data
+		$this->mergeCmsSmartyVars($smarty_data);
 
 		// trigger flags
 		$this->HEADER['USE_PROTOTYPE'] = $this->USE_PROTOTYPE;
@@ -683,12 +681,27 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		$this->DATA['FORM_ACTION'] = $this->FORM_ACTION;
 		// special for admin
 		if ($admin_call === true) {
+			// depreacte call globals cms on null 4mcs
+			if (
+				$cms === null &&
+				isset($GLOBALS['cms'])
+			) {
+				/** @deprecated setSmartyVars globals cms is deprecated */
+				trigger_error(
+					'Calling setSmartyVars without cms parameter when needed is deprecated',
+					E_USER_DEPRECATED
+				);
+			}
+			// this is ugly
+			$cms = $cms ?? $GLOBALS['cms'] ?? null;
 			// set ACL extra show
 			if ($cms instanceof \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend) {
 				$this->DATA['show_ea_extra'] = $cms->acl['show_ea_extra'] ?? false;
 				$this->DATA['ADMIN'] = $cms->acl['admin'] ?? 0;
 				// top menu
-				$this->DATA['nav_menu'] = $cms->adbTopMenu();
+				$this->DATA['nav_menu'] = $cms->adbTopMenu(
+					$set_content_path
+				);
 				$this->DATA['nav_menu_count'] = count($this->DATA['nav_menu']);
 				// messages = ['msg' =>, 'class' => 'error/warning/...']
 				$this->DATA['messages'] = $cms->messages;
@@ -734,7 +747,7 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 		$this->DATA['JS_FLATPICKR'] = $this->JS_FLATPICKR;
 		$this->DATA['JS_FILE_UPLOADER'] = $this->JS_FILE_UPLOADER;
 		// user name
-		$this->DATA['USER_NAME'] = !empty($_SESSION['USER_NAME']) ? $_SESSION['USER_NAME'] : '';
+		$this->DATA['USER_NAME'] = $set_user_name;
 		// the template part to include into the body
 		$this->DATA['TEMPLATE_NAME'] = $this->TEMPLATE_NAME;
 		$this->DATA['CONTENT_INCLUDE'] = $this->CONTENT_INCLUDE;
@@ -748,18 +761,18 @@ class SmartyExtend extends \Smarty
 	/**
 	 * merge outside object HEADER/DATA/DEBUG_DATA vars into the smarty class
 	 *
-	 * @param  \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend $cms object that has header/data/debug_data
+	 * @param  array<string,mixed> $smarty_data array that has header/data/debug_data
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function mergeCmsSmartyVars(\CoreLibs\Admin\Backend $cms): void
+	public function mergeCmsSmartyVars(array $smarty_data): void
 	{
 		// array merge HEADER, DATA, DEBUG DATA
 		foreach (['HEADER', 'DATA', 'DEBUG_DATA'] as $ext_smarty) {
 			if (
-				isset($cms->{$ext_smarty}) &&
-				is_array($cms->{$ext_smarty})
+				isset($smarty_data[$ext_smarty]) &&
+				is_array($smarty_data[$ext_smarty])
 			) {
-				$this->{$ext_smarty} = array_merge($this->{$ext_smarty}, $cms->{$ext_smarty});
+				$this->{$ext_smarty} = array_merge($this->{$ext_smarty}, $smarty_data[$ext_smarty]);
 			}
 		}
 	}

test/phpunit/ACL/CoreLibsACLLoginTest.php

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ namespace tests;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 
+/*
+Not yet covered tests:
+- loginGetLocale
+- loginGetHeaderColor
+- loginGetPages
+- loginGetEuid
+*/
+
 /**
  * Test class for ACL\Login
  * @coversDefaultClass \CoreLibs\ACL\Login
@@ -259,6 +267,8 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'GROUP_ACL_LEVEL' => -1,
 					'PAGES_ACL_LEVEL' => [],
 					'USER_ACL_LEVEL' => -1,
+					'USER_ADDITIONAL_ACL' => [],
+					'GROUP_ADDITIONAL_ACL' => [],
 					'UNIT_UID' => [
 						'AdminAccess' => 1,
 					],
@@ -272,6 +282,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 							'data' => [
 								'test' => 'value',
 							],
+							'additional_acl' => []
 						],
 					],
 					// 'UNIT_DEFAULT' => '',
@@ -1114,6 +1125,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'logout_target' => '',
 					'site_locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 					'site_domain' => 'admin',
+					'site_encoding' => 'UTF-8',
 					'locale_path' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
@@ -1796,6 +1808,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'logout_target' => '',
 					'site_locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 					'site_domain' => 'admin',
+					'site_encoding' => 'UTF-8',
 					'locale_path' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
@@ -1909,6 +1922,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'logout_target' => '',
 					'site_locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 					'site_domain' => 'admin',
+					'site_encoding' => 'UTF-8',
 					'locale_path' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
@@ -1996,6 +2010,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'logout_target' => '',
 					'site_locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 					'site_domain' => 'admin',
+					'site_encoding' => 'UTF-8',
 					'locale_path' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
@@ -2091,6 +2106,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'logout_target' => '',
 					'site_locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
 					'site_domain' => 'admin',
+					'site_encoding' => 'UTF-8',
 					'locale_path' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
 						. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,

test/phpunit/Combined/CoreLibsCombinedArrayHandlerTest.php

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedArrayHandlerTest extends TestCase
 		4,
 		'b',
 		'c' => 'test',
+		'single' => 'single',
 		'same' => 'same',
 		'deep' => [
 			'sub' => [
@@ -288,6 +289,188 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedArrayHandlerTest extends TestCase
 		];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function arraySearchKeyProvider(): array
+	{
+		/*
+		0: search in array
+		1: search keys
+		2: flat flag
+		3: prefix flag
+		4: expected array
+		*/
+		return [
+			// single
+			'find single, standard' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [
+					0 => [
+						'value' => 'single',
+						'path' => ['single'],
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			'find single, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'single' => [
+						0 => [
+							'value' => 'single',
+							'path' => ['single'],
+						],
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			'find single, flat' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [
+					'single',
+				],
+			],
+			'find single, flat, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'single' => [
+						'single',
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			// not found
+			'not found, standard' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['NOT FOUND'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [],
+			],
+			'not found, standard, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['NOT FOUND'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'NOT FOUND' => [],
+				],
+			],
+			'not found, flat' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['NOT FOUND'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [],
+			],
+			'not found, flat, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['NOT FOUND'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'NOT FOUND' => [],
+				],
+			],
+			// multi
+			'multiple found, standard' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['same'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [
+					[
+						'value' => 'same',
+						'path' => ['a', 'same', ],
+					],
+					[
+						'value' => 'same',
+						'path' => ['same', ],
+					],
+					[
+						'value' => 'same',
+						'path' => ['deep', 'sub', 'same', ],
+					],
+				]
+			],
+			'multiple found, flat' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['same'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => ['same', 'same', 'same', ],
+			],
+			// search with multiple
+			'search multiple, standard' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single', 'nested'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [
+					[
+						'value' => 'single',
+						'path' => ['single'],
+					],
+					[
+						'value' => 'bar',
+						'path' => ['deep', 'sub', 'nested', ],
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			'search multiple, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single', 'nested'],
+				2 => null,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'single' => [
+						[
+							'value' => 'single',
+							'path' => ['single'],
+						],
+					],
+					'nested' => [
+						[
+							'value' => 'bar',
+							'path' => ['deep', 'sub', 'nested', ],
+						],
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			'search multiple, flat' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single', 'nested'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => null,
+				4 => [
+					'single', 'bar',
+				],
+			],
+			'search multiple, flat, prefix' => [
+				0 => self::$array,
+				1 => ['single', 'nested'],
+				2 => true,
+				3 => true,
+				4 => [
+					'single' => ['single', ],
+					'nested' => ['bar', ],
+				],
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * provides array listing for the merge test
 	 *
@@ -691,6 +874,44 @@ final class CoreLibsCombinedArrayHandlerTest extends TestCase
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Undocumented function
+	 *
+	 * @covers::arraySearchKey
+	 * @dataProvider arraySearchKeyProvider
+	 * @testdox arraySearchKey Search array with keys and flat: $flat, prefix: $prefix [$_dataName]
+	 *
+	 * @param  array $input
+	 * @param  array $needles
+	 * @param  bool|null $flat
+	 * @param  bool|null $prefix
+	 * @param  array $expected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testArraySearchKey(
+		array $input,
+		array $needles,
+		?bool $flat,
+		?bool $prefix,
+		array $expected
+	): void {
+		if ($flat === null && $prefix === null) {
+			$result = \CoreLibs\Combined\ArrayHandler::arraySearchKey($input, $needles);
+		} elseif ($flat === null) {
+			$result = \CoreLibs\Combined\ArrayHandler::arraySearchKey($input, $needles, prefix: $prefix);
+		} elseif ($prefix === null) {
+			$result = \CoreLibs\Combined\ArrayHandler::arraySearchKey($input, $needles, flat: $flat);
+		} else {
+			$result = \CoreLibs\Combined\ArrayHandler::arraySearchKey($input, $needles, $flat, $prefix);
+		}
+		// print "E: " . print_r($expected, true) . "\n";
+		// print "R: " . print_r($result, true) . "\n";
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			$expected,
+			$result
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Undocumented function
 	 *

test/phpunit/Language/CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest.php

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
  */
 final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 {
+	public const SITE_ENCODING = 'UTF-8';
+	public const SITE_LOCALE = 'en_US.UTF-8';
+	public const SITE_DOMAIN = 'admin';
+	public const LOCALE_PATH = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
+		. 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
+		. 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
 	/**
 	 * set all constant variables that must be set before call
 	 *
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 	public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
 	{
 		// default web page encoding setting
-		if (!defined('DEFAULT_ENCODING')) {
+		/* if (!defined('DEFAULT_ENCODING')) {
 			define('DEFAULT_ENCODING', 'UTF-8');
 		}
 		if (!defined('DEFAULT_LOCALE')) {
@@ -35,9 +42,9 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 		}
 		if (!defined('SITE_LOCALE')) {
 			define('SITE_LOCALE', DEFAULT_LOCALE);
-		}
+		} */
 		// just set
-		if (!defined('BASE')) {
+		/* if (!defined('BASE')) {
 			define('BASE', str_replace('/configs', '', __DIR__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 		}
 		if (!defined('INCLUDES')) {
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 		}
 		if (!defined('CONTENT_PATH')) {
 			define('CONTENT_PATH', 'frontend' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
-		}
+		} */
 		// array session
 		$_SESSION = [];
 		global $_SESSION;
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 	 *
 	 * @return array<mixed>
 	 */
-	public function setLocaleProvider(): array
+	/* public function setLocaleProvider(): array
 	{
 		return [
 			// 0: locale
@@ -233,7 +240,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 			// TODO invalid params (bad path) (no override)
 			// TODO param calls, but with override set
 		];
-	}
+	} */
 
 	/**
 	  * Undocumented function
@@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 	  * @param  string|null  $deprecation_message
 	  * @return void
 	  */
-	public function testsetLocale(
+	/* public function testsetLocale(
 		?string $language,
 		?string $domain,
 		?string $encoding,
@@ -347,6 +354,214 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageGetLocaleTest extends TestCase
 		// unset all vars
 		$_SESSION = [];
 		unset($GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG']);
+	} */
+
+	/**
+	 * all the test data
+	 *
+	 * @return array<mixed>
+	 */
+	public function setLocaleFromSessionProvider(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			// 0: locale
+			// 1: domain
+			// 2: encoding
+			// 3: path
+			// 4: SESSION: DEFAULT_LOCALE
+			// 5: SESSION: DEFAULT_CHARSET
+			// 5: SESSION: DEFAULT_DOMAIN
+			// 6: SESSION: LOCALE_PATH
+			// 6: expected array
+			// 7: deprecation message
+			'all session vars set' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				'ja_JP.UTF-8', 'UTF-8', 'admin', __DIR__ . '/locale_other/',
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'ja_JP.UTF-8',
+					'lang' => 'ja_JP',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?locale_other\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+			// param lang and domain (no override)
+			'no session set, only parameters' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				null, null, null, null,
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
+					'lang' => 'en_US',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?includes\/locale\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+			// special parse session check for locales
+			'all session vars set, short lang' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				'ja', 'UTF-8', 'admin', __DIR__ . '/locale_other/',
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'ja',
+					'lang' => 'ja',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?locale_other\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+			// lang with modifier
+			// param lang and domain (no override)
+			'long locale, domain, encoding params, no sessions' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				'de_CH.UTF-8@euro', 'admin', 'UTF-8',  __DIR__ . '/includes/locale/',
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'de_CH.UTF-8@euro',
+					'lang' => 'de_CH',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?includes\/locale\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+			// missing session values check
+			// special parse session check for locales
+			'session missing encoding, set from parameters' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				'ja', null, 'admin', __DIR__ . '/locale_other/',
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'ja',
+					'lang' => 'ja',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?locale_other\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+			// null return check for invalid entries
+			'no session set, only parameters, all invalid' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				'###', '&&&&', '$$$$', 'foo_bar_path',
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				null, null, null, null,
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => null,
+					'lang' => null,
+					'domain' => null,
+					'encoding' => null,
+					'path' => null,
+				],
+			],
+			// invalid session names, fall backup
+			'all session vars are invalid, fallback' => [
+				// lang, domain, encoding, path
+				self::SITE_LOCALE, self::SITE_DOMAIN, self::SITE_ENCODING, self::LOCALE_PATH,
+				// SESSION SETTINGS: locale, charset, domain, path
+				'###', '&&&&', '$$$$', 'foo_bar_path',
+				// return array
+				[
+					'locale' => 'en_US.UTF-8',
+					'lang' => 'en_US',
+					'domain' => 'admin',
+					'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
+					'path' => "/^\/(.*\/)?includes\/locale\/$/",
+				],
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	  * Undocumented function
+	  *
+	  * @covers ::setLocale
+	  * @dataProvider setLocaleFromSessionProvider
+	  * @testdox lang settings lang $language, domain $domain, encoding $encoding, path $path; session lang: $SESSION_DEFAULT_LOCALE, session char: $SESSION_DEFAULT_CHARSET [$_dataName]
+	  *
+	  * @param  string|      $language
+	  * @param  string|      $domain
+	  * @param  string|      $encoding
+	  * @param  string|      $path
+	  * @param  string|null  $SESSION_DEFAULT_LOCALE
+	  * @param  string|null  $SESSION_DEFAULT_CHARSET
+	  * @param  string|null  $SESSION_DEFAULT_DOMAIN
+	  * @param  string|null  $SESSION_LOCALE_PATH
+	  * @param  array<mixed> $expected
+	  * @return void
+	  */
+	public function testsetLocaleFromSession(
+		string $language,
+		string $domain,
+		string $encoding,
+		string $path,
+		?string $SESSION_DEFAULT_LOCALE,
+		?string $SESSION_DEFAULT_CHARSET,
+		?string $SESSION_DEFAULT_DOMAIN,
+		?string $SESSION_LOCALE_PATH,
+		array $expected,
+	): void {
+		$return_lang_settings = [];
+		global $_SESSION;
+		// set override
+		if ($SESSION_DEFAULT_LOCALE !== null) {
+			$_SESSION['DEFAULT_LOCALE'] = $SESSION_DEFAULT_LOCALE;
+		}
+		if ($SESSION_DEFAULT_CHARSET !== null) {
+			$_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'] = $SESSION_DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+		}
+		if ($SESSION_DEFAULT_DOMAIN !== null) {
+			$_SESSION['DEFAULT_DOMAIN'] = $SESSION_DEFAULT_DOMAIN;
+		}
+		if ($SESSION_LOCALE_PATH !== null) {
+			$_SESSION['LOCALE_PATH'] = $SESSION_LOCALE_PATH;
+		}
+		$return_lang_settings  = \CoreLibs\Language\GetLocale::setLocaleFromSession(
+			$language,
+			$domain,
+			$encoding,
+			$path
+		);
+		// print "RETURN: " . print_r($return_lang_settings, true) . "\n";
+		foreach (
+			[
+				'locale', 'lang', 'domain', 'encoding', 'path'
+			] as $key
+		) {
+			$value = $expected[$key];
+			if (
+				!empty($value) &&
+				strpos($value, "/") === 0
+			) {
+				// this is regex
+				$this->assertMatchesRegularExpression(
+					$value,
+					$return_lang_settings[$key] ?? '',
+					'assert regex failed for ' . $key
+				);
+			} else {
+				// assert equal
+				$this->assertEquals(
+					$value,
+					$return_lang_settings[$key],
+					'assert equal failed for ' . $key
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		// unset all vars
+		$_SESSION = [];
+		unset($GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG']);
 	}
 }
 

test/phpunit/Language/CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest.php

@@ -84,94 +84,141 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 	{
 		return [
 			// 0: locale
-			// 1: domain
-			// 2: encoding
+			// 1: encoding
+			// 2: domain
 			// 3: path
 			// 4: locale expected
 			// 5: locale set expected
 			// 6: lang expected
-			// 7: encoding expected
-			// 8: domain exepcted
-			// 9: context (null for none)
-			// 10: test string in
-			// 11: test translated
-			// 12: deprecation message (until removed)
+			// 7: lang short expected
+			// 8: encoding expected
+			// 9: domain exepcted
+			// 10: context (null for none)
+			// 11: test string in
+			// 12: test translated
+			// 13: deprecation message (until removed)
 			// new style load
 			'gettext load en' => [
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
+				'UTF-8',
 				'frontend',
 				__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
-				//
+				// 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
 				'en_US',
 				'en_US',
+				'en',
 				'UTF-8',
 				'frontend',
+				// 10
 				null,
+				// 11, 12
 				'Original',
 				'Translated frontend en_US',
+				// 13
 				null,
 			],
 			'gettext load en' => [
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
+				'UTF-8',
 				'frontend',
 				__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
 				//
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
 				'en_US',
 				'en_US',
+				'en',
 				'UTF-8',
 				'frontend',
+				//
 				'context',
+				//
 				'Original',
 				'Original context frontend en_US',
+				//
 				null,
 			],
 			'gettext load ja' => [
 				'ja_JP.UTF-8',
+				'UTF-8',
 				'admin',
 				__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
 				//
 				'ja_JP.UTF-8',
 				'ja_JP',
 				'ja_JP',
+				'ja',
 				'UTF-8',
 				'admin',
+				//
 				null,
+				//
 				'Original',
 				'Translated admin ja_JP',
+				//
+				null,
+			],
+			// load short locale with different encoding
+			'gettext load short ja no encoding' => [
+				'ja',
+				'SJIS',
+				'admin',
+				__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
+				//
+				'ja',
+				'ja',
+				'ja',
+				'ja',
+				'SJIS',
+				'admin',
+				//
+				null,
+				//
+				'Original',
+				'Translated admin ja_JP',
+				//
 				null,
 			],
 			// mixed path and domain [DEPRECATED]
 			'mixed path and domain [DEPRECATED]' => [
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
+				'UTF-8',
 				__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'includes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'locale' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
 				'frontend',
 				//
 				'en_US.UTF-8',
 				'en_US',
 				'en_US',
+				'en',
 				'UTF-8',
 				'frontend',
+				//
 				'context',
+				//
 				'Original',
 				'Original context frontend en_US',
+				//
 				'L10n constructor parameter switch is no longer supported. domain is 2nd, path is 3rd parameter'
 			],
 			// unset path
 			'unset path with locale and domain [DEPRECATED]' => [
 				'ja_JP.UTF-8',
+				'UTF-8',
 				'admin',
 				null,
 				//
 				'ja_JP.UTF-8',
 				'ja_JP',
 				'ja_JP',
+				'ja',
 				'UTF-8',
 				'admin',
+				//
 				null,
+				//
 				'Original',
 				'Translated admin ja_JP',
+				//
 				'Empty path parameter is no longer allowed if locale and domain are set',
 			],
 			// null set
@@ -179,15 +226,20 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 				'',
 				'',
 				'',
+				'',
 				//
 				'',
 				'',
 				'',
 				'',
+				'', // unset on empty call
 				'',
+				//
 				null,
+				//
 				'Original',
 				'Original',
+				//
 				null,
 			]
 		];
@@ -201,11 +253,13 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 	 * @testdox check l10n init with Locale $locale, Path $path, Domain $domain, Legacy: $legacy with $context [$_dataName]
 	 *
 	 * @param  string|null $locale
+	 * @param  string|null $encoding
 	 * @param  string|null $domain
 	 * @param  string|null $path
 	 * @param  string      $locale_expected
 	 * @param  string      $locale_set_expected
 	 * @param  string      $lang_expected
+	 * @param  string      $lang_short_expected
 	 * @param  string      $encoding_expected
 	 * @param  string      $domain_expected
 	 * @param  string|null $context
@@ -216,11 +270,13 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 	 */
 	public function testL10nObject(
 		?string $locale,
+		?string $encoding,
 		?string $domain,
 		?string $path,
 		string $locale_expected,
 		string $locale_set_expected,
 		string $lang_expected,
+		string $lang_short_expected,
 		string $encoding_expected,
 		string $domain_expected,
 		?string $context,
@@ -241,16 +297,18 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 		if ($locale === null) {
 			$l10n = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n();
 		} elseif ($domain === null) {
-			// same as if locale is null
+			// deprecated, locale + domain must be set, handled like empty calls
 			$l10n = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($locale);
 		} elseif ($path === null) {
-			// deprecated, path must be set
+			// deprecated, path must be set, will thow DEPRECATION error, handled like empty
 			$l10n = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($locale, $domain);
-		} else {
+		} elseif ($encoding === null) {
+			// if encoding not found will be UTF-8
 			$l10n = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($locale, $domain, $path);
+		} else {
+			$l10n = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($locale, $domain, $path, $encoding);
 		}
 		restore_error_handler();
-		// print "LOC: " . $locale . ", " . $l10n->getLocale() . ", " . $locale_expected . "\n";
 		// print "MO: " . $l10n->getMoFile() . "\n";
 		$this->assertEquals(
 			$locale_expected,
@@ -286,6 +344,7 @@ final class CoreLibsLanguageL10nTest extends TestCase
 			[
 				'locale' => $locale_expected,
 				'lang' => $lang_expected,
+				'lang_short' => $lang_short_expected,
 				'domain' => $domain_expected,
 				'encoding' => $encoding_expected,
 				'path' => $path

test/phpunit/Language/includes/locale/ja

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ja_JP