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// Primary functions | |
// setLocation(newLocationCodeString); | |
// setLanguage(newLanguageCodeString); | |
// Primary variables will default to en-US, browser values will then override defaults, and user set cookies will then override browser defaults. | |
// current_language | |
// current_location | |
var current_language = null; | |
var current_location = null; | |
var browser_language_default = "en"; | |
var browser_location_default = "US"; | |
var browser_language_cookie_key = "browser_language_code"; | |
var browser_location_cookie_key = "browser_language_locale"; | |
var browser_cookie_life_days = 7; | |
var browser_language_code = window.navigator.languages ? window.navigator.languages[0] : null; | |
browser_language_code = browser_language_code || window.navigator.language || window.navigator.browserLanguage || window.navigator.userLanguage; | |
console.log("var browser_language_code", browser_language_code); | |
var browser_language_code_split = browser_language_code.split(/[^A-Za-z]/); | |
console.log("var browser_language_code_split", browser_language_code_split); | |
var browser_language = (browser_language_code_split.length >= 1) ? browser_language_code_split[0] : browser_language_default; | |
var browser_location = (browser_language_code_split.length >= 2) ? browser_language_code_split[1] : browser_location_default; | |
console.log("var browser_language", browser_language); | |
console.log("var browser_location", browser_location); | |
function getCookie(name) { | |
var v = document.cookie.match('(^|;) ?' + name + '=([^;]*)(;|$)'); | |
return v ? v[2] : null; | |
} | |
function setCookie(name, value, days) { | |
var d = new Date; | |
d.setTime(d.getTime() + 24*60*60*1000*days); | |
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ";path=/;expires=" + d.toGMTString(); | |
} | |
function deleteCookie(name) { | |
setCookie(name, '', -1); | |
} | |
function setLanguage(new_language_code) { | |
new_language_code = String(new_language_code).toLowerCase(); | |
setCookie(browser_language_cookie_key, new_language_code, browser_cookie_life_days); | |
current_language = new_language_code; | |
console.log("var current_language", current_language); | |
} | |
function setLocation(new_location_code) { | |
new_location_code = String(new_location_code).toUpperCase(); | |
setCookie(browser_location_cookie_key, new_location_code, browser_cookie_life_days); | |
current_location = new_location_code; | |
console.log("var current_location", current_location); | |
} | |
// check for cookie | |
current_language = getCookie(browser_language_cookie_key); | |
if(current_language == null){ // if no cookie, set default | |
setLanguage(browser_language); | |
}else{ // reset cookie if exists to extend life | |
setLanguage(current_language); | |
} | |
current_location = getCookie(browser_location_cookie_key); | |
if(current_location == null){ | |
setLocation(browser_location); | |
}else{ // reset cookie if exists to extend life | |
setLocation(current_location); | |
} |
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