WordPress WPML switch language to default and back

<?php
// snippet for resetting WPML language to default, do something and switch back to site language

global $sitepress;

$current_language = $sitepress->get_current_language();
$default_language = $sitepress->get_default_language();

$sitepress->switch_lang($default_language);

// do what you want to do

$sitepress->switch_lang($current_language);