Getting tab label in different languages on frontend fails

[Juergen]

Hello @all,

I have tried to output the overridden label from a specific tab inside my template on the frontend.

I have used this documentation: https://processwire.com/api/ref/template/get-tab-label/

The tab name is called "tab1" and the labels were overriden with "Kontakt" (German) and "Contact" (English).

To output the label depending on the language on the frontend I use the following code snippet:

$tablabel = $page->template->getTabLabel('tab1');
echo $tablabel;

and 

$tablabel = $page->template->getTabLabel('tab1', $user->language->id);
echo $tablabel;

But both versions output only the default (German) tab label. I appreciate your help. Is there something that I am missing?

But both version output an empty string, so it seems that the overridden values will not be taken into account.

[zoeck]

i think theres a missing comma

$tablabel = $page->template->getTabLabel('tab1', $user->language->id);

 

[Juergen]

4 minutes ago, zoeck said:

i think theres a missing comma

Sorry this was only a writing mistake. In the original code the comma is present.

[zoeck]

34 minutes ago, Juergen said:

Sorry this was only a writing mistake. In the original code the comma is present.

Oh, okay  

When i use "$user->language->id" inside of the "getTabLabel", theres an error (tracy )...
You can use it without "->id":

$tablabel = $page->template->getTabLabel('tab1', $user->language);

i checked it, and it works  

[Juergen]

Strange, in my case it outputs nothing with the same code and Tracy doesnt complain about anything.

[Juergen]

I use the latest DEV and PHP 7. Just to clearify: My tab field is type of "FieldsetTabOpen".

[zoeck]

Okay, same problem here with the FieldsetTabOpen Field...

I just checked it with the default "content" tab of the template...

 

/edit:

okay, now i get the Label  

$tablabel = $page->fields->tab1->getLabel($user->language->id);

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by zoeck

[BitPoet]

If tab1 is a FieldsetTabOpen, you need to use $template->fieldgroup->getField('tab1')->getLabel($language);

[Juergen]

Ok, I ended up with the following codes

in site/_init.php

//get labels, title, values and descriptions in different languages
if ($user->language->name != 'default') {
    $title       = "title{$user->language}";
    $value       = "value{$user->language}";
    $label       = "label{$user->language}";
    $description = "description{$user->language}";
    $notes       = "notes{$user->language}";
} else {
    $title       = 'title';
    $value       = 'value';
    $label       = 'label';
    $description = 'description';
    $notes       = 'notes';
}

 

and on the page itself:

echo $page->template->fields->getFieldContext('tab1')->$label;

Pay attention to "$label" instead of "label".

The same can be achived by using description, notes,....