// Many functions expect English conversion rules.
if ($sm_notAlias=='tr_TR') setlocale(LC_CTYPE,'C');
- // Set text direction/alignment variables
- // These don't appear to be used... are they safe to remove?
+ /**
+ * Set text direction/alignment variables
+ * When language environment is setup, scripts can use these globals
+ * without accessing $languages directly and making checks for optional
+ * array key.
+ */
+ global $text_direction, $left_align, $right_align;
if (isset($languages[$sm_notAlias]['DIR']) &&
$languages[$sm_notAlias]['DIR'] == 'rtl') {
/**