Question

How can I get the languages installed in the language manager in joomla, as I know the following:

• getLocal() give for local machine language am not get the language installed in the application

• getname() , getTag() give you the current language name / tag

Answer 1

This code returns the current language…

$lang =& JFactory::getLanguage();
echo 'Current language is: ' . $lang->getName();

By using the below query you can get all the languages installed in Joomla.

$db =& JFactory::getDbo();
$db->setQuery(
'SELECT sef, title_native' .
' FROM #__languages' .
' ORDER BY sef ASC'
);
$options = $db->loadObjectList();

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If you installed any languages in joomla it will stored to #__extensions table with params. So you can get all the installed languages from the below query…

$db =& JFactory::getDbo();
            $query = "SELECT name FROM #__extensions WHERE type='package'";
            $db->SetQuery($query);
            $options = $db->loadObjectList();
            echo "<pre>"; print_r($options);