PayPal payment page must be in English

Hello
I want my PayPal payment page to always appear in English, no matter where in the world the customer is located.

PayPal states that to force a language I need to enter the code "<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="GB">".

I have entered this on the configuration page for PayPal standard adding the text to the URL, but when I enter it and press Save, the additional text is wiped. So I'm guessing that the shop is reading something somewhere and overwriting what I have entered.

My question is, what is the code I need to enter to force PayPal to display their page in English and how do I update Hikashop.

If this is available as standard on the paid for Hikashop versions, then I am happy to upgrade.

Thanks
Mike

Hi,

The language is added automatically by HikaShop based on the current language of the user.

If you want to force it, you will have to add the code:
$vars["lc"]="GB";

before the line:
foreach( $vars as $name => $value ) {

in the file plugins/hikashoppayment/paypal/paypal_end.php

Hi Nicolas
I made the change as advised. Below is the code I have changed, as you can see I have entered the code you suggested but it isn't working. What have I done wrong?

Cheers
Mike

<div class="hikashop_paypal_end" id="hikashop_paypal_end">
<span id="hikashop_paypal_end_message" class="hikashop_paypal_end_message">
<?php echo JText::sprintf('PLEASE_WAIT_BEFORE_REDIRECTION_TO_X',$method->payment_name).'<br/>'. JText::_('CLICK_ON_BUTTON_IF_NOT_REDIRECTED');?>
</span>
<span id="hikashop_paypal_end_spinner" class="hikashop_paypal_end_spinner hikashop_checkout_end_spinner">
</span>
<br/>
<form id="hikashop_paypal_form" name="hikashop_paypal_form" action="<?php echo $method->payment_params->url;?>" method="post">
<div id="hikashop_paypal_end_image" class="hikashop_paypal_end_image">
<input id="hikashop_paypal_button" type="submit" value="<?php echo JText::_('PAY_NOW');?>" name="" alt="<?php echo JText::_('PAY_NOW');?>" />
</div>
<?php
$vars["lc"]="GB";
foreach( $vars as $name => $value ) {
echo '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.htmlspecialchars((string)$value).'" />';
}
JRequest::setVar('noform',1); ?>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.getElementById('hikashop_paypal_form').submit();
//-->
</script>
</div>

That's good.
It must work.

Can you give a link to your shop so that we can see that ?

here is the link - mediastreamz.com/shop

demo/demo is an existing account or you can create a new one

Thanks
Mike

I can see that you have the lc field set to GB in the paypal form of your website.
So the modification worked.
It seems that PayPal bases itself on the country of the address of the demo user.
If you set it to the USA our UK, the language changes to english on PayPal.

Hello Nicolas
Thanks for identifying the problem for me.

Is there anything I can do to allow customers to keep their proper address (as I have to deliver product to their home) yet fool PayPal into displaying their page in English (as it would if the address was in the UK)?

Thanks
Mike

You can add the line like you did for lc:
$vars["country"]="UK";

That will only set the country to UK for PayPal. In HikaShop, the country will still be the one of the user.

Yes, that's it

Thank you very much. Awesome support.
Mike