CI how to retrieve cookie value in MY_Lang - php

Question

I've extended the CI_Lang to handle multilanguage.
Now i wanna get the site_lang from the cookie to see if there is already a language chosen
class MY_Lang extends CI_Lang
{
var $currentLanguage;
function __construct() {
global $URI, $CFG, $IN;
$config =& $CFG->config;
/*Get array with available languages*/
$index_page = $config['index_page'];
$default_abbr = $config['lang_abbr'];
$lang_uri_abbr = $config['lang_uri_abbr'];
/* get the language abbreviation from uri */
$uri_abbr = $URI->segment(1);
/* adjust the uri string leading slash */
$URI->uri_string = preg_replace("|^\/?|", '/', $URI->uri_string);
/* get the language_abbreviation from cookie */
$lang_abbr = $IN->cookie('site_lang');
// check validity against config array
if (isset($lang_uri_abbr[$uri_abbr])) {
// reset uri segments and uri string
$URI->segment(array_shift($URI->segments));
$URI->uri_string = preg_replace("|^\/?$uri_abbr|", '', $URI->uri_string);
if(!empty(LOCATION)){
$this->currentLanguage = strtolower('nl');
// set config language values to match the user language
$config['language'] = $this->currentLanguage;
$config['lang_abbr'] = 'nl-be';
}else{
$this->currentLanguage = strtolower($lang_uri_abbr[$uri_abbr]);
// set config language values to match the user language
$config['language'] = $lang_uri_abbr[$uri_abbr];
$config['lang_abbr'] = $uri_abbr;
}
// check and set the uri identifier
$index_page .= empty($index_page) ? $uri_abbr : "/$uri_abbr";
// reset the index_page value
$config['index_page'] = $index_page;
} else {
$config['lang_splash_ignore'] = FALSE;
}
}
now the value of that $lang_abbr is
string '9e25c0674e5616408f3b1fedd0c43243c0e25335dc92962238f6b2d5fcd0ed5b34d78fe5eceef80e447eaef904965f18699a58c082fde710d0e9976afc7373e9RL3VywiN5Ga7GDnac/vhphR+Ls4NnEi6fHZNm0bGrsQ=' (length=172)
The var_dump of $_COOKIE
array (size=4)
'httpTokens' => string 'd18e3a9aff2ee16e7366ac2bf15c7332d1a6afde32ce9db3be4f9193459706feea8925a54ba4369404adbbaf3803e470cd435b3beaf9d8ba3bff9134d351f79f26iSUDpBMwABR6eElE9igxS55I+KEvntC5NgVeQB768=' (length=172)
'httpUser' => string '74f0cc1d2fb1fd22d963bada94a7ea7cd3221cb8f4c023a66cc337986de0f26c87f44c155acb66d9dc56427e762c0b6906650d9e9c56ba83434e89cc06adc8fbNvdll6arPiQsdRJt/yaOL3J+WZWNfizLE9SRQ2KgyNU+qOz9bqPhVLhfB1yEVElXaw9gHoGp6WwqbsbUhH8Ca+g+dIACtHY1fAJUhc0Xpbs=' (length=236)
'ci_session' => string '69efc00e94d5eea572c53070ae32e831395c911e' (length=40)
'site_lang' => string '9e25c0674e5616408f3b1fedd0c43243c0e25335dc92962238f6b2d5fcd0ed5b34d78fe5eceef80e447eaef904965f18699a58c082fde710d0e9976afc7373e9RL3VywiN5Ga7GDnac/vhphR+Ls4NnEi6fHZNm0bGrsQ=' (length=172)
This should normally be 'en' or 'fr' or something.
How can I retrieve that actual value?
EDIT
I do also have my controller extended into MY_Controller:
class MY_Controller extends Auth_Controller
{
var $languages;
var $currentLanguage;
var $currentLanguageAbbr;
var $currentLanguageItem;
/**
* Class constructor
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->is_logged_in();
$this->setCurrentLanguage();
$this->setSubdomainBackgroundColorGlobalVariable();
$this->setSupportedLanguages();
}
public function setCurrentLanguage(){
$ci =& get_instance();
//Get current language from the config
$currentLang = $ci->config->item('language');
$currentLangAbbr = $ci->config->item('lang_abbr');
//Force Dutch when local platform
if(!empty(LOCATION)){
$this->currentLanguage = strtolower('nl');
$this->currentLanguageAbbr = strtolower('nl-be');
}else{
$this->currentLanguage = strtolower($currentLang);
$this->currentLanguageAbbr = strtolower($currentLangAbbr);
}
//Set cookie and session with correct language
$this->session->set_userdata('site_lang', $this->currentLanguage);
$cookie = array(
'name' => 'site_lang',
'value' => $this->currentLanguage,
'expire' => 259200,
'secure' => COOKIE_XSS_FILTERING
);
$this->input->set_cookie($cookie);
defined('CURRENT_LANG') OR define('CURRENT_LANG', $this->currentLanguage);
}