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Order of variables in language files should be permanent

Some people will think this is silly, Yes it is for whom using English language , but for me its very important to simplify my life when I come close the upgrade of UBBT.


Because , I am just upgrading from v7.3 to 7.4.1 (I am using foreign language – Arabic) and I noticed that every time I do the upgrade I found in the language files that the location of the variables is changing from place to place, even the old variables , which I sow many new added variables in random order !! some time at the beginning of the list and some time at the middle and some time at the end of the list !!!
For example in version 7.4.1 the adduser.php language file have new variable called : PASS_USER_MATCH , and they placed it in the middle !! why ?? I don’t know , if that in alphabetic order so we should see all variables in that order, but its not !!



The same variable PASS_USER_MATCH was added in changebasic.php and this time was placed at the top of the file ?? why ?? I don’t now !!




Also, another variable in filemanager.php file added in two different areas :



That’s only an example and many new added variables placed in random order which make the upgrade life is very hard for those who are using foreign languages and need to re-update and go through all files every time they need to do upgrade.


My suggestion is :

All new variables should be placed at the end of the file, so for us it will be very easy to figure the new variables in that file . and any old veriable should remain in the same place unless its removed for ever.


That’s all, hope in the next version we can see all new variables at the end of the file .

Thank you
Bader AlNadabi

Understandable - that's a lot of work to translate