How to detect language in JavaScript?

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I know that in Wordpress we can do the following:

preg_match("/\p{Arabic}/u",
get_the_title())

How can we do this in JavaScript? Thanks in advance.

Do you mean language or script? Also, what kind of content do you want to do the detecting on? — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Aug 27, 2010 at 8:47

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:30:37Z

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You could do this via the Google Language API Detect language from string in PHP

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Luci Over a year ago

I know how to detect language on php, I showed you that I know how! I want to do that on the client side " Java script "

Chetan S Over a year ago

@zeina: Did you see the answers in that link? There is an example that uses javascript (and AJAX) to detect the language. Javascript alone, as a language, does not have that capability.

nonouco · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-04 08:09:53Z

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Since you know how to detect your language in php then its just a simple matter of passing a value from your php code to your javascript code.

eg.

<?php $language = get_language_on_whatever_way_you_want(); ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function alertMeTheLanguage() {
    var language = '<?php echo $language; ?>';
   alert('Your language is  <?php     echo $language; ?> ' );
}
</script>

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ComFreek Over a year ago

Why do you use a the echo() twice instead of the JS variable language?

Julian · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-27 11:32:44Z

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Wouldn't it be easier to use qTranslate?

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 11:32

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