[SOLVED] Entire site "blank" when editing language file

Hi everyone,

I am new to CB but needed it for a specific website. This website is in Dutch. I know there are a lot of topics about "changing the registration text -> Registration Complete!" to another language but this is a tad different and I can't find the answer anywhere. I have downloaded a Dutch plugin for CB (newest version on Joomla 2.5).. it works perfectly, but the guy forgot to translate the text that I mentioned. So.. I open Dutch.php and all that I change is that little sentence. When I overwrite the original using FTP, nothing works anymore, not even the home page?! Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks very much in Advance,

Rolf

Hi [I am only a user in german, using see footnote]
which joomla version, which cb version, etc.

first of all it seems for me strange, that you have a dutch.php and not in nl-nl a language.php.

when I had this problem you mention, I forgot for example a comma at the end.

Please study at first the exact rules of the language file. At the end is also something special.

When there's all correct, there shouldn't be a blank page!

Hi thanks for the reply.

It's Joomla 2.5.6 with CB 1.8.1 (just downloaded) And Groupjive 2.5.3 RC1.

The file is located here:

/public_html/components/com_comprofiler/plugin/language/dutch/dutch.php

The part of the text that I edit is:


//Registration form
DEFINE('_UE_REG_COMPLETE_NOPASS','<div class="componentheading">Registration Complete</div>'
.'<p>Your password has been sent to the e-mail address you entered.</p>'
.'<p>Please check your email (including your spambox). When you receive your password you will then be able to log in.</p>');
DEFINE('_UE_REG_COMPLETE','<div class="componentheading">Registration Complete!</div>'

etcetera.. there is more but it's all the same.

I have also tried editing the file in advance, repacking the plugin and reinstalling it.. but I get the same results. Almost looks like some restriction, don't get it.

I have included the dutch.php and the dutch ang.php which is the edited version so far. (under the header //Registration form) Obviously I rename the dutch ang.php to dutch.php before I replace the old one

Thanks!

You probably have an unescaped character. Ensure you're using a PHP editor with error reporting so it'll warn you of these issues. There are several free IDEs such as Eclipse, Netbeans, etc..

Well.. I could have thought of that myself I just purchased full adobe suite.. I'm just new to all the scripting stuff

It says line 201 contains a syntax error, yet I don't see any difference

DEFINE('_UE_REG_COMPLETE_CONF','<div class="componentheading">Registratie voltooid!</div>'
.'<p>Je wachtwoord is verstuurd naar het opgegeven e-mail adres.</p>'
.'<p>Controleer a.u.b. voor de zekerheid ook de spammbox!</p>');
.'<p>Om de mail nogmaals te ontvangen, probeer in te loggen met uw username en wachtwoord.</p>');
DEFINE('_UE_REG_COMPLETE_NOPASS_CONF','<div class="componentheading">Registratie voltooid!</div>'
.'<p>Je wachtwoord is verstuurd naar het opgegeven e-mail adres.</p>'
.'<p>Controleer a.u.b. voor de zekerheid ook de spammbox! Volg de instructies in de mail om in te kunnen loggen</p>');

You need to post the contents in a PHP code tag otherwise it's going to get escape and stripped. Normally it's just a single or double quote. Also the line it's erroring on isn't the line with the problem. It's usually a few lines before it or directly above it, this is especially the case when it's an escaping error.