While creating a component, I saw two language files in Joomla’s component directory structure: .ini and sys.ini. What is the difference?
While creating a component, I saw two language files in Joomla’s component directory structure:
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While creating a component, I saw two language files in Joomla’s component directory structure: .ini and sys.ini. What is the difference?
The
.sys.inifile is used to translate the description of the extension upon installaion, where as the.inifile is used to translate the remaining strings and the description when viewing your extension in the Joomla backend.