How to change default language in CodeIgniter?

Introduction

The following has been tested on a Cloud9 server with the following versions:

Linux 4.9.120-c9 (How to check my Linux version?)
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Trusty (How to check my Linux version?)
PHP 7.2.9 (How to check my PHP version?)
CodeIgniter 3.1.9

This page assume that your langage already exists in the CodeIgniter 3 Translations repositories. This example explains how to switch from English to French.

Clone from Git

Clone the repository (outside of your development workspace):

git clone https://github.com/bcit-ci/codeigniter3-translations.git

Link the requested langage

Create a symbolic link from the previous folder to your application/language folder:

ln -s ~/codeigniter3-translations/language/french/ ~/workspace/application/language/

Update config file

Update the variable $config['language'] in /application/config/config.php:

$config['language'] = 'french';

How to change default language in CodeIgniter?

Introduction

Clone from Git

Link the requested langage

Update config file

See also