WPML - Get current language within a another plugin

Question

I am trying to get current language code via ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE in my plugin but I can't , it's not defined , the result of this

echo "Code: ".ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE;

is

Code: ICL_LANGUAGE_NAME

When I trying the following

global $sitepress;
$current_language = $sitepress->get_current_language();
echo "Code:". $current_language ;

I get the blank screen.

I don't know in which way I can get it.

In the theme functions.php everything works fine. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use WPML default filter to get the current language like this

 $my_current_lang = apply_filters( 'wpml_current_language', NULL );

the result will containe your current language code like : ar , en , fr ... etc

Answer 2

You can use the following code to get the current language code. I tried this in one of my plugin and its working.

if ( defined( 'ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE' ) ) {
  echo ICL_LANGUAGE_CODE;
}