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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\FunctionalTests\Installer;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that the early installer uses the correct language direction.
+ *
+ * @group Installer
+ */
+class InstallerLanguageDirectionTest extends InstallerTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Overrides the language code the installer should use.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+ protected $langcode = 'ar';
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function setUpLanguage() {
+ // Place a custom local translation in the translations directory.
+ mkdir($this->root . '/' . $this->siteDirectory . '/files/translations', 0777, TRUE);
+ file_put_contents($this->root . '/' . $this->siteDirectory . '/files/translations/drupal-8.0.0.ar.po', "msgid \"\"\nmsgstr \"\"\nmsgid \"Save and continue\"\nmsgstr \"Save and continue Arabic\"");
+
+ parent::setUpLanguage();
+ // After selecting a different language than English, all following screens
+ // should be translated already.
+ $elements = $this->xpath('//input[@type="submit"]/@value');
+ $this->assertEqual(current($elements)->getText(), 'Save and continue Arabic');
+ $this->translations['Save and continue'] = 'Save and continue Arabic';
+
+ // Verify that language direction is right-to-left.
+ $direction = current($this->xpath('/@dir'))->getText();
+ $this->assertEqual($direction, 'rtl');
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Confirms that the installation succeeded.
+ */
+ public function testInstalled() {
+ $this->assertUrl('user/1');
+ $this->assertResponse(200);
+ }
+
+}