function user_preferred_language

Get the language object preferred by the user. This user preference can be set on the user account editing page, and is only available if there are more than one languages enabled on the site. If the user did not choose a preferred language, or is the anonymous user, the $default value, or if it is not set, the site default language will be returned.

Parameters

$account: User account to look up language for.

$default: Optional default language object to return if the account has no valid language.

5 calls to user_preferred_language()
contact_personal_form_submit in modules/contact/contact.pages.inc
Form submission handler for contact_personal_form().
locale_language_selector_form in modules/locale/locale.module
Form builder callback to display language selection widget.
system_send_email_action in modules/system/system.module
Sends an e-mail message.
_update_cron_notify in modules/update/update.fetch.inc
Performs any notifications that should be done once cron fetches new data.
_user_mail_notify in modules/user/user.module
Conditionally create and send a notification email when a certain operation happens on the given user account.

File

modules/user/user.module, line 3629

Code

function user_preferred_language($account, $default = NULL) {
    $language_list = language_list();
    if (!empty($account->language) && isset($language_list[$account->language])) {
        return $language_list[$account->language];
    }
    else {
        return $default ? $default : language_default();
    }
}

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