Simplify language calls

There are no more lang vars passed on to any class calls
The new order is the following
$OVERRIDE_LANG > _SESSION > SITE_LANG > DEFAULT_LANG

Todo: make the setLang better so we do not have the same method in
Backend/Generic/SmartyExtended

www/admin/class_test.php

@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ if (!defined('SET_SESSION_NAME')) {
 }
 // define log file id
 $LOG_FILE_ID = 'classTest';
-// set language for l10n
-$lang = 'en_utf8';
 
 // init login & backend class
-$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG, $lang);
-$basic = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG, $lang);
+$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG);
+$basic = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG);
 $basic->dbInfo(true);
 ob_end_flush();
 

www/admin/namespace_test.php

@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ $SET_SESSION_NAME = EDIT_SESSION_NAME;
 
 echo "DIR: ".DIR."<br>ROOT: ".ROOT."<br>BASE: ".BASE."<br>";
 
-$lang = 'ja_utf8';
-$base = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG, $lang);
+$base = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG);
 ob_end_flush();
 if ($base->getConnectionStatus()) {
 	die("Cannot connect to database");

www/includes/admin_header.php

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ if (!isset($ZIP_STREAM)) {
 if (!isset($ENCODING) || !$ENCODING) {
 	$ENCODING = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 }
-// set the default lang, if not given
-if (session_id() && isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG']) && $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG']) {
-	$LANG = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
-} else {
-	$LANG = defined('SITE_LANG') ? SITE_LANG : DEFAULT_LANG;
-}
 // end the stop of the output flow, but only if we didn't request a csv file download
 if (isset($_POST['action']) && $_POST['action'] != 'download_csv' && !$AJAX_PAGE) {
 	header("Content-type: text/html; charset=".$ENCODING);
@@ -55,15 +49,15 @@ if ($AJAX_PAGE && !$ZIP_STREAM) {
 
 //------------------------------ class init start
 // login & page access check
-$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG, $LANG);
+$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG);
 // post login lang check
 if (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
 	$LANG = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
 }
 // create smarty object
-$smarty = new CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend($LANG);
+$smarty = new CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend();
 // create new DB class
-$cms = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG, $LANG);
+$cms = new CoreLibs\Admin\Backend(DB_CONFIG);
 // the menu show flag (what menu to show)
 $cms->menu_show_flag = 'main';
 // db nfo

www/includes/edit_base.php

@@ -36,23 +36,19 @@ if (!DEBUG)	{
 	$ECHO_ALL = 0;
 }
 
-// set default lang if not set otherwise
-if (!isset($lang)) {
-	$lang = DEFAULT_LANG;
-}
 // should be utf8
 header("Content-type: text/html; charset=".DEFAULT_ENCODING);
 ob_end_flush();
-$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG, $lang);
+$login = new CoreLibs\ACL\Login(DB_CONFIG);
 
 // create form class
-$form = new CoreLibs\Output\Form\Generate(DB_CONFIG, $lang);
+$form = new CoreLibs\Output\Form\Generate(DB_CONFIG);
 if ($form->mobile_phone) {
 	echo "I am sorry, but this page cannot be viewed by a mobile phone";
 	exit;
 }
 // smarty template engine (extended Translation version)
-$smarty = new CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend($lang);
+$smarty = new CoreLibs\Template\SmartyExtend();
 
 // $form->debug('POST', $form->printAr($_POST));
 
@@ -453,7 +449,7 @@ if (is_dir(BASE.TEMPLATES_C)) {
 if (is_dir(BASE.CACHE)) {
 	$smarty->setCacheDir(BASE.CACHE);
 }
-$smarty->display($EDIT_TEMPLATE, 'editAdmin_'.$lang, 'editAdmin_'.$lang);
+$smarty->display($EDIT_TEMPLATE, 'editAdmin_'.$smarty->lang, 'editAdmin_'.$smarty->lang);
 
 // debug output
 echo $login->printErrorMsg();

www/lib/CoreLibs/ACL/Login.php

@@ -115,10 +115,9 @@ class Login extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 	/**
 	 * constructor, does ALL, opens db, works through connection checks, closes itself
 	 * @param array  $db_config        db config array
-	 * @param string $lang             language string (default en_utf8)
 	 * @param int    $set_control_flag class variable check flags
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $db_config, string $lang = 'en_utf8', int $set_control_flag = 0)
+	public function __construct(array $db_config, int $set_control_flag = 0)
 	{
 		// log login data for this class only
 		$this->log_per_class = 1;
@@ -151,7 +150,13 @@ class Login extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 		// set global is ajax page for if we show the data directly, or need to pass it back
 		// to the continue AJAX class for output back to the user
 		$this->login_is_ajax_page = isset($GLOBALS['AJAX_PAGE']) && $GLOBALS['AJAX_PAGE'] ? true : false;
-
+		// set the default lang
+		$lang = 'en_utf8';
+		if (session_id() && isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG']) && $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG']) {
+			$lang = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
+		} else {
+			$lang = defined('SITE_LANG') ? SITE_LANG : DEFAULT_LANG;
+		}
 		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($lang);
 
 		// if we have a search path we need to set it, to use the correct DB to login

www/lib/CoreLibs/Admin/Backend.php

@@ -57,26 +57,25 @@ class Backend extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 	public $lang;
 	public $lang_short;
 	public $encoding;
+	// language
+	public $l;
 	// smarty publics [end processing in smarty class]
 	public $DATA;
 	public $HEADER;
 	public $DEBUG_DATA;
 	public $CONTENT_DATA;
-	// language
-	public $l;
 
 	// CONSTRUCTOR / DECONSTRUCTOR |====================================>
 	/**
 	 * main class constructor
 	 * @param array       $db_config        db config array
-	 * @param string      $lang             language string
 	 * @param int|integer $set_control_flag class variable check flag
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $db_config, string $lang, int $set_control_flag = 0)
+	public function __construct(array $db_config, int $set_control_flag = 0)
 	{
 		$this->setLangEncoding();
 		// get the language sub class & init it
-		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($lang);
+		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($this->lang);
 
 		// init the database class
 		parent::__construct($db_config, $set_control_flag);
@@ -104,9 +103,6 @@ class Backend extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 
 	// INTERNAL METHODS |===============================================>
 
-
-	// PUBLIC METHODS |=================================================>
-
 	/**
 	 * set the language encoding and language settings
 	 * the default charset from _SESSION login or from
@@ -116,7 +112,7 @@ class Backend extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 	 * creates short lang (only first two chars) from the lang
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function setLangEncoding(): void
+	private function setLangEncoding(): void
 	{
 		// just emergency fallback for language
 		// set encoding
@@ -125,10 +121,14 @@ class Backend extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 		} else {
 			$this->encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 		}
-		// just emergency fallback for language
-		if (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
+		// gobal override
+		if (isset($GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'])) {
+			$this->lang = $GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'];
+		} elseif (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
+			// session (login)
 			$this->lang = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
 		} else {
+			// mostly default SITE LANG or DEFAULT LANG
 			$this->lang = defined('SITE_LANG') ? SITE_LANG : DEFAULT_LANG;
 		}
 		// create the char lang encoding
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class Backend extends \CoreLibs\DB\IO
 		$this->lang_dir = BASE.INCLUDES.LANG.CONTENT_PATH;
 	}
 
+	// PUBLIC METHODS |=================================================>
+
 	/**
 	 * set internal ACL from login ACL
 	 * @param array $acl login acl array

www/lib/CoreLibs/Output/Form/Generate.php

@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 	public $security_level;
 	// layout publics
 	public $table_width;
+	// internal lang & encoding vars
+	public $lang_dir = '';
+	public $lang;
+	public $lang_short;
+	public $encoding;
 	// language
 	public $l;
 
@@ -251,15 +256,15 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 	/**
 	 * construct form generator
 	 * @param array       $db_config        db config array
-	 * @param string      $lang             interface language
 	 * @param int|integer $table_width      table/div width (default 750)
 	 * @param int|integer $set_control_flag basic class set/get variable error flags
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $db_config, string $lang, int $table_width = 750, int $set_control_flag = 0)
+	public function __construct(array $db_config, int $table_width = 750, int $set_control_flag = 0)
 	{
 		$this->my_page_name = $this->getPageName(1);
+		$this->setLangEncoding();
 		// init the language class
-		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($lang);
+		$this->l = new \CoreLibs\Language\L10n($this->lang);
 		// load config array
 		// get table array definitions for current page name
 		// WARNING: auto spl load does not work with this as it is an array and not a function/object
@@ -348,6 +353,45 @@ class Generate extends \CoreLibs\DB\Extended\ArrayIO
 		parent::__destruct();
 	}
 
+	// INTERNAL METHODS |===============================================>
+
+	/**
+	 * ORIGINAL in \CoreLibs\Admin\Backend
+	 * set the language encoding and language settings
+	 * the default charset from _SESSION login or from
+	 * config DEFAULT ENCODING
+	 * the lang full name for mo loading from _SESSION login
+	 * or SITE LANG or DEFAULT LANG from config
+	 * creates short lang (only first two chars) from the lang
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	private function setLangEncoding(): void
+	{
+		// just emergency fallback for language
+		// set encoding
+		if (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'])) {
+			$this->encoding = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_CHARSET'];
+		} else {
+			$this->encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
+		}
+		// gobal override
+		if (isset($GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'])) {
+			$this->lang = $GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'];
+		} elseif (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
+			// session (login)
+			$this->lang = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
+		} else {
+			// mostly default SITE LANG or DEFAULT LANG
+			$this->lang = defined('SITE_LANG') ? SITE_LANG : DEFAULT_LANG;
+		}
+		// create the char lang encoding
+		$this->lang_short = substr($this->lang, 0, 2);
+		// set the language folder
+		$this->lang_dir = BASE.INCLUDES.LANG.CONTENT_PATH;
+	}
+
+	// PUBLIC METHODS |=================================================>
+
 	/**
 	 * dumps all values into output (for error msg)
 	 * @return string full table array data output as string html formatted

www/lib/CoreLibs/Template/SmartyExtend.php

@@ -89,10 +89,9 @@ class SmartyExtend extends SmartyBC
 	/**
 	 * constructor class, just sets the language stuff
 	 * calls L10 for pass on internaly in smarty
-	 * also registers the getvar caller pliugin
-	 * @param string $lang language string to set
+	 * also registers the getvar caller plugin
 	 */
-	public function __construct(string $lang)
+	public function __construct()
 	{
 		// call basic smarty
 		parent::__construct();
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ class SmartyExtend extends SmartyBC
 	 * creates short lang (only first two chars) from the lang
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function setLangEncoding(): void
+	private function setLangEncoding(): void
 	{
 		// just emergency fallback for language
 		// set encoding
@@ -130,10 +129,14 @@ class SmartyExtend extends SmartyBC
 		} else {
 			$this->encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 		}
-		// just emergency fallback for language
-		if (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
+		// gobal override
+		if (isset($GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'])) {
+			$this->lang = $GLOBALS['OVERRIDE_LANG'];
+		} elseif (isset($_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'])) {
+			// session (login)
 			$this->lang = $_SESSION['DEFAULT_LANG'];
 		} else {
+			// mostly default SITE LANG or DEFAULT LANG
 			$this->lang = defined('SITE_LANG') ? SITE_LANG : DEFAULT_LANG;
 		}
 		// create the char lang encoding
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ class SmartyExtend extends SmartyBC
 
 	/**
 	 * render smarty data (can be called sepparate)
-	 * @return [type] [description]
+	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function renderSmarty(): void
 	{