Fails when get_language returns None in Django 1.8

[blodone]

When get_language returns None (supported in Django 1.8)

lang = get_language().split('-')[0] 

fails

[colinkingswood]

I get the same error (Django 1.9)

[colinkingswood]

Me too, Django1.9

[nakul-narayanan]

I'm getting the same error (Django 1.11), can someone help me to resolve it ?

[willmtl]

I ended up creating my own method with fallback to the default language.

def get_language():
     lang = django_get_language()
     if lang:
         return lang
     else:
         return settings.LANGUAGE_CODE

 def get_real_fieldname(field, lang=None):
     if lang is None:
         lang = get_language()
         lang = lang.split('-')[0]  # both 'en-US' and 'en' -> 'en'
     return str('%s_%s' % (field, lang))