LANG-INI-PREFIX-001

en-GB.com_lms.ini

en-GB.com_foo.ini language filenames

Joomla 4 still understands the old prefix via BC. Native packaging uses Crowdin-style names without the locale prefix on the file.

en-GB.com_lms.inicom_lms.ini + langmetadata.xml

Dies at Joomla 4 → 5J3: Works nativelyJ4: Changed behaviourJ6: Changed behaviourBC plugin: partialPatch possible — review itManifest / installer

Symptoms people search

language file not loading on Joomla 5 · en-GB.com_

Replace this code

Swap en-GB.com_lms.ini for com_lms.ini + langmetadata.xml.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

language/en-GB/en-GB.com_lms.ini

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

language/en-GB/com_lms.ini
language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml

How to fix it

  1. 1Add un-prefixed INI files.
  2. 2Keep langmetadata.xml.
  3. 3Do not rely on the J3 filename forever.

Also known as

en-GB.com_ · langmetadata.xml · Crowdin

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