Title: PHP Language Switcher
Last modified: January 3, 2022

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# PHP Language Switcher

 *  Resolved [Nate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseongguy/)
 * (@goseongguy)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-language-switcher/)
 * Hello team,
 * What would be the best way to display a language switcher or the [language-switcher]
   shortcode via PHP?
    I am outputting HTML in a PHP function, and it works to use**
   <?php echo do_shortcode(‘[language-switcher]’); ?>** But if I understand correctly,
   this is kind of silly because I’m already in the PHP environment. Can I just 
   use a PHP TranslatePress variable instead, or a function? Something that would
   output the results of `\wp-content\plugins\translatepress\partials\language-switcher-
   shortcode.php` Or a PHP variable that stores the shortcode?
 * Cheers!
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Nate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseongguy/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexcozmoslabs/)
 * (@alexcozmoslabs)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-language-switcher/#post-15220279)
 * Hi,
 * You can use the function, yes.
 * If it helps you, the files that refer to the language switcher shortcode are:
   –
   wp-content/plugins/translatepress/includes/class-language-switcher.php ( function
   language_switcher )
 * – wp-content/plugins/translatepress/partials/language-switcher-shortcode.php
 * – wp-content/plugins/translatepress/assets/css/trp-language-switcher.css

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## Tags

 * [function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/function/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [variable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/variable/)

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 * Last reply from: [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexcozmoslabs/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-language-switcher/#post-15220279)
 * Status: resolved