get_language_attributes( string $doctype = 'html' ): string

Gets the language attributes for the ‘html’ tag.

Description

Builds up a set of HTML attributes containing the text direction and language information for the page.

Parameters

$doctypestringoptional
The type of HTML document. Accepts 'xhtml' or 'html'. Default 'html'.

Default:'html'

Return

string A space-separated list of language attributes.

Source

function get_language_attributes( $doctype = 'html' ) {	$attributes = array();	if ( function_exists( 'is_rtl' ) && is_rtl() ) {	$attributes[] = 'dir="rtl"';	}	$lang = get_bloginfo( 'language' );	if ( $lang ) {	if ( 'text/html' === get_option( 'html_type' ) || 'html' === $doctype ) {	$attributes[] = 'lang="' . esc_attr( $lang ) . '"';	}	if ( 'text/html' !== get_option( 'html_type' ) || 'xhtml' === $doctype ) {	$attributes[] = 'xml:lang="' . esc_attr( $lang ) . '"';	}	}	$output = implode( ' ', $attributes );	/** * Filters the language attributes for display in the 'html' tag. * * @since 2.5.0 * @since 4.3.0 Added the `$doctype` parameter. * * @param string $output A space-separated list of language attributes. * @param string $doctype The type of HTML document (xhtml|html). */	return apply_filters( 'language_attributes', $output, $doctype ); } 

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘language_attributes’, string $output, string $doctype )

Filters the language attributes for display in the ‘html’ tag.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.3.0Introduced.

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