Problem with default language in Joomla\CMS\Language\Text Topic is solved

[Phalaphun]

I am developing a component for joomla 5 for a site with three languages ru-RU zh-CN en-GB. The component is 100% translated into ru-RU.

I want the translation at the beginning to check the current language of the user, and if the translation is not found, then take ru-RU.

Now, if there is no translation zh-CN, it takes the translation en-GB.

I suspect that the problem is in the default at Text:

object(Joomla\CMS\Language\Language)#699 (23) {
["debug":protected]=
bool(false)

["default":protected]=
string(5) "en-GB"
...}

However, I was never able to change this parameter through the admin. Site language, admin language and plugin language are defaulted to ru-RU. What am I missing ?

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[ceford]

Just a thought: go to System / Content Languages. What order are the languages in? Might a change of order give you what you want?

[Phalaphun]

Just a thought: go to System / Content Languages. What order are the languages in? Might a change of order give you what you want?

Hello, unfortunately your idea didn't work for me.
I can always write my own wrapper for the class, but I would still like to make my own idea using the available methods (if there are any).

[Webdongle]

A few thoughts
Default language of your browser?
Default menu items?

[Phalaphun]

A few thoughts
Default language of your browser?
Default menu items?

ru-RU
If I understood your second question correctly: it's featured articles, languages - all

[Webdongle]

Hmmm
With multi lingual sites should there be no general Home menu item, just one for each language?

[SharkyKZ]

en-GB is the default language of the CMS as a whole. It comes with en-GB language pack which can't be uninstalled. If a language file for current language doesn't exist, it falls back to en-GB. This is the intended behavior for the time being.

Since 5.0, intentionally or not, it is possible to change the default language using Joomla\Language\Language::setDefault() (technically it was always possible by extending Joomla\CMS\Language\Language). But doing this on the global language instance is not recommended. You should create a new instance and load the files however you want.

[Phalaphun]

en-GB is the default language of the CMS as a whole. It comes with en-GB language pack which can't be uninstalled. If a language file for current language doesn't exist, it falls back to en-GB. This is the intended behavior for the time being.

Since 5.0, intentionally or not, it is possible to change the default language using Joomla\Language\Language::setDefault() (technically it was always possible by extending Joomla\CMS\Language\Language). But doing this on the global language instance is not recommended. You should create a new instance and load the files however you want.

Many thanks for the quick reply.