v1.7-v8x Tutorial: How to remove main language in URL

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Hi there! 👋
I want to share with everyone a simple method of removal add lang prefix to URL (example.com/en/, example.com/fr/ etc.) for main language. Personally, I needed this when moving from another CMS and I chose Prestashop in particular because of multilanguage OOTB.
  1. Go to File Manager via your hosting control panel and find "override" folder.
  2. If you don't have files inside except .htaccess and index.php you can simply download attachment and unzip it at override folder (should be ../override/classes/ and files inside classes folder).
  3. Otherwise, you need to create or change files named Link.php and Tools.php. Do not forget about encoding (UTF-8).
  4. Copy this code to Link.php:
    PHP: 
    <?php
class Link extends LinkCore
{
    protected function getLangLink($idLang = null, Context $context = null, $idShop = null)
    {
        static $psRewritingSettings = null;
        if ($psRewritingSettings === null) {
            $psRewritingSettings = (int) Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS', null, null, $idShop);
        }

        if (!$context) {
            $context = Context::getContext();
        }

        if ((!$this->allow && in_array($idShop, [$context->shop->id,  null])) || !Language::isMultiLanguageActivated($idShop) || !$psRewritingSettings) {
            return '';
        }

        if (!$idLang) {
            $idLang = $context->language->id;
        }

        if (Language::getIsoById($idLang) === 'ru') {
            return '';
        } else {
            return Language::getIsoById($idLang) . '/';
        }
    }
}
Post automatically merged:

  1. Copy this code to Tools.php:
    Code: 
    <?phpclass Tools extends ToolsCore
{ 
    public static function switchLanguage(Context $context = null)
    {
        if (null === $context) {
            $context = Context::getContext();
        }

        // On PrestaShop installations Dispatcher::__construct() gets called (and so Tools::switchLanguage())
        // Stop in this case by checking the cookie
        if (!isset($context->cookie)) {
            return;
        }

        if (
            ($iso = Tools::getValue('isolang')) &&
            Validate::isLanguageIsoCode($iso) &&
            ($id_lang = (int) Language::getIdByIso($iso))
        ) {
            $_GET['id_lang'] = $id_lang;
        }
        else {
            $_GET['id_lang'] = (int) Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT');
        }

        // Only switch if new ID is different from old ID
        $newLanguageId = (int) Tools::getValue('id_lang');

        if (
            Validate::isUnsignedId($newLanguageId) &&
            $newLanguageId !== 0 &&
            $context->cookie->id_lang !== $newLanguageId
        ) {
            $context->cookie->id_lang = $newLanguageId;
            $language = new Language($newLanguageId);
            if (Validate::isLoadedObject($language) && $language->active && $language->isAssociatedToShop()) {
                $context->language = $language;
            }
        }

        Tools::setCookieLanguage($context->cookie);
    }
}
  2. Login to the Prestashop back office, go to the Advance Parameter -> Performance and Clear Cache.
  3. Done! Try enter to your front and check language switching (with main language URL will look as example.com/ and for other as usual example.com/uk/ (additional lang), example.com/pl/ (additional lang).
 

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Biogent said:
Hi there! 👋
I want to share with everyone a simple method of removal add lang prefix to URL (example.com/en/, example.com/fr/ etc.) for main language. Personally, I needed this when moving from another CMS and I chose Prestashop in particular because of multilanguage OOTB.
  1. Go to File Manager via your hosting control panel and find "override" folder.
  2. If you don't have files inside except .htaccess and index.php you can simply download attachment and unzip it at override folder (should be ../override/classes/ and files inside classes folder).
  3. Otherwise, you need to create or change files named Link.php and Tools.php. Do not forget about encoding (UTF-8).
  4. Copy this code to Link.php:
    PHP: 
    <?php
class Link extends LinkCore
{
    protected function getLangLink($idLang = null, Context $context = null, $idShop = null)
    {
        static $psRewritingSettings = null;
        if ($psRewritingSettings === null) {
            $psRewritingSettings = (int) Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS', null, null, $idShop);
        }

        if (!$context) {
            $context = Context::getContext();
        }

        if ((!$this->allow && in_array($idShop, [$context->shop->id,  null])) || !Language::isMultiLanguageActivated($idShop) || !$psRewritingSettings) {
            return '';
        }

        if (!$idLang) {
            $idLang = $context->language->id;
        }

        if (Language::getIsoById($idLang) === 'ru') {
            return '';
        } else {
            return Language::getIsoById($idLang) . '/';
        }
    }
}
Post automatically merged:

  1. Copy this code to Tools.php:
    Code: 
    <?phpclass Tools extends ToolsCore
{
    public static function switchLanguage(Context $context = null)
    {
        if (null === $context) {
            $context = Context::getContext();
        }

        // On PrestaShop installations Dispatcher::__construct() gets called (and so Tools::switchLanguage())
        // Stop in this case by checking the cookie
        if (!isset($context->cookie)) {
            return;
        }

        if (
            ($iso = Tools::getValue('isolang')) &&
            Validate::isLanguageIsoCode($iso) &&
            ($id_lang = (int) Language::getIdByIso($iso))
        ) {
            $_GET['id_lang'] = $id_lang;
        }
        else {
            $_GET['id_lang'] = (int) Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT');
        }

        // Only switch if new ID is different from old ID
        $newLanguageId = (int) Tools::getValue('id_lang');

        if (
            Validate::isUnsignedId($newLanguageId) &&
            $newLanguageId !== 0 &&
            $context->cookie->id_lang !== $newLanguageId
        ) {
            $context->cookie->id_lang = $newLanguageId;
            $language = new Language($newLanguageId);
            if (Validate::isLoadedObject($language) && $language->active && $language->isAssociatedToShop()) {
                $context->language = $language;
            }
        }

        Tools::setCookieLanguage($context->cookie);
    }
}
  2. Login to the Prestashop back office, go to the Advance Parameter -> Performance and Clear Cache.
  3. Done! Try enter to your front and check language switching (with main language URL will look as example.com/ and for other as usual example.com/uk/ (additional lang), example.com/pl/ (additional lang).
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  1. Done! Try enter to your front and check language switching (with main language URL will look as example.com/ and for other as usual example.com/uk/ (additional lang), example.com/pl/ (additional lang).
 
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