Inserting New Language variable name & value into Codeigniter multiple languages folders

add-new-lang-string.sh

#!/bin/sh
[ -z $1 ] && echo "Language file name is missing" && exit 1
[ -z $2 ] && echo "Language variable name is missing" && exit 1
[ -z "$3" ] && echo "Language variable value is missing" && exit 1

for i in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d); do
  if ! [ -z "$(tail -c 1 "$i/$1_lang.php")" ]; then
    echo "\n" >>$i/$1_lang.php
  fi
  echo "\$lang['"$2"'] = '"$3"';" >>$i/$1_lang.php
  echo "Edited" $i/$1_lang.php
done

copy add-new-lang-string.sh into Codeigniter application/languages folder

Example Usage: ./add-new-lang-string.sh email new_error_msg 'Hello World!'

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• The first argument for a language file name if there is a file called email_lang.php you only need to pass email
• The second argument for Language variable name
• The third argument for the language value name