Set up Locality, Date Format and Currency

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If you are in U.S. or have installed another language pack the following changes might not be necessary.

This step makes changes to the 2 main language files.

There is a main language file for the Store side and another for the Admin side of the site.

Changes to any language file for the Store side are made to a copy which is saved in a new location in the override template.

This prevents them being overwritten in updates.

Changes to any language file for the Admin side are saved in the original location.

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Navigate to the main language file for the Store side in your backup folder/directory - /includes/languages/english.php

Save a copy of this file to /templates/override/includes/languages/english.php.

Create the new folder/directory languages in the /templates/override/includes/ if necessary.

Open this copy to edit.

CE Phoenix Cart is set for U.S. English with USD currency and m/d/y date format by default.

Set Up Locality

Find the following lines:

// 'en_US.UTF-8', 'en_US.UTF8', 'enu_usa'
// 'en_GB.UTF-8', 'en_GB.UTF8', 'eng_gb'
// 'en_AU.UTF-8', 'en_AU.UTF8', 'ena_au'
@setlocale(LC_ALL, ['en_US.UTF-8', 'en_US.UTF8', 'enu_usa']);

Change the code within the square brackets in the last line to one of the options shown above it.

For example, for Great Britain change to

@setlocale(LC_ALL, array('en_GB.UTF-8', 'en_GB.UTF8', 'eng_gb'));

Set the Date Format

Find the following lines:

const DATE_FORMAT_SHORT = '%m/%d/%Y';  // this is used for strftime()
const DATE_FORMAT_LONG = '%A %d %B, %Y'; // this is used for strftime()
const DATE_FORMAT = 'm/d/Y'; // this is used for date()
const DATE_TIME_FORMAT = DATE_FORMAT_SHORT . ' %H:%M:%S';

Change the order of month, day and year to your requirements - see Date Formats Explained

Set the Currency

Find the following line:

const LANGUAGE_CURRENCY = 'USD';

For example, for Great Britain change to:

const LANGUAGE_CURRENCY = 'GBP';

To find your 3 letter currency code, internet search ISO 4217 Codes.

Save the file.

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Open the main language file for the Admin side from your backup folder/directory - /youradmin/includes/languages/english.php

Repeat the changes above.

Save the file.

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Now, either using the control panel on your server host or using FTP software, upload the files from your local computer to the server.

Create the new folder/directory languages in the /templates/override/includes/ on the server if necessary.

IMPORTANT: Double check that the files are uploaded to the correct locations.

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