new function to prevent 404 error with missing translations

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/langs.php b/langs.php
index c67331eaf..9638518e3 100644
--- a/langs.php
+++ b/langs.php
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ foreach ($langs as $k => $v)
         $v);
 }
 
+// prevent 404 error on /{$locale}/ with missing translation
+function locale_path($locale,$path)
+{
+	$filename = "/".$locale."/".$path."/";
+	if (file_exists($filename)
+	{
+		$url = $filename;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$url = "/en/".$path;
+	}
+	return $url;
+}
+
 // global nav
 $nav_list = array(
     "/{$locale}/" => 'Mageia',
diff --git a/lib/news.php b/lib/news.php
index 0a7bcc3c5..f3160aee0 100644
--- a/lib/news.php
+++ b/lib/news.php
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ function get_news($locale = 'en', $count = 5, $cache_timeout = 5)
     unset($feed);
 
     return $items;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}