function user_preferred_language

7.x user.module	`user_preferred_language($account, $default = NULL)`
6.x user.module	`user_preferred_language($account, $default = NULL)`

Get the language object preferred by the user. This user preference can be set on the user account editing page, and is only available if there are more than one languages enabled on the site. If the user did not choose a preferred language, or is the anonymous user, the $default value, or if it is not set, the site default language will be returned.

Parameters

$account: User account to look up language for.

$default: Optional default language object to return if the account has no valid language.

5 calls to user_preferred_language()

contact_mail_user_submit in drupal-6.x/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc: Process the personal contact page form submission.
locale_user in drupal-6.x/modules/locale/locale.module: Implementation of hook_user().
system_send_email_action in drupal-6.x/modules/system/system.module: Implementation of a configurable Drupal action. Sends an email.
_update_cron_notify in drupal-6.x/modules/update/update.fetch.inc: Perform any notifications that should be done once cron fetches new data.
_user_mail_notify in drupal-6.x/modules/user/user.module: Conditionally create and send a notification email when a certain operation happens on the given user account.

File

drupal-6.x/modules/user/user.module, line 2176: Enables the user registration and login system.

Code

function user_preferred_language($account, $default = NULL) {
  $language_list = language_list();
  if (!empty($account->language) && isset($language_list[$account->language])) {
    return $language_list[$account->language];
  }
  else {
    return $default ? $default : language_default();
  }
}