Basic Usage | Laravel Lang

Installation

Install the package using the console command:

composer require laravel-lang/common

Managing locales

Add locales

Now you can add new localizations using the lang:add console command:

php artisan lang:add <locale>

Update locales

Now you can update existing localizations using the lang:update console command:

php artisan lang:update

We also recommend adding the call code to the post-update-cmd section of the scripts block in the composer.json file:

{
    "scripts": {
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force",
            "@php artisan lang:update"
        ]
    }
}

This allows localization files to be automatically updated after dependency updates, rather than manually running the php artisan lang:update console command.

Routes

Via Localization Group

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

app('router')->localizedGroup(function () {
    app('router')->get('foo/{bar}', function (string $bar) {
        return response()->json([
            $bar => __('Foo'),
        ]);
    });
});

Route::localizedGroup(function () {
    app('router')->get('foo/{bar}', function (string $bar) {
        return response()->json([
            $bar => __('Foo'),
        ]);
    });
});

This method allows you to easily manage group prefixes using localized routes.

In addition to the main middleware for this group, LocalizationByParameterPrefix, the following are also involved part: LocalizationByCookie, LocalizationByHeader and LocalizationBySession.

You can use one of three interaction methods:

                use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
                use LaravelLang\Routes\Facades\LocalizationRoute;

                app('router')->localizedGroup(fn () => ...)

                Route::localizedGroup(fn () => ...)

                LocalizationRoute::group(fn () => ...)

The final application will register two types of routes - with and without the {locale} prefix. For example:

URL	Pattern	Name
https://example.com/fr/foo/show	`{locale}/foo/{bar}`	`localized.show`
https://example.com/foo/show	`foo/{bar}`	`show`

The name prefix can be changed in the routes section of the config/localization.php file.

Examples

Request:

curl -XGET https://example.com/fr/foo/show

Response:

                                    ### 302 Redirect
                                    Location: https://example.com/foo/show
                                

{
    "show": "Toutes les données ont été chargées."
}

Request:

curl -XGET https://example.com/de/foo/show

Response:

{
    "show": "Alle Ressourcen geladen."
}

Request:

curl -XGET https://example.com/as/foo/show

Response:

                            ### 302 Redirect
                            Location: https://example.com/foo/show
                        

Request:

curl -XGET https://example.com/qwerty/foo/show

Response:

                            ### 302 Redirect
                            Location: https://example.com/foo/show
                        

Models

Get Translation

To get the value of a property for the current localization, simply make a call to the model property. For example:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->title;

If the value of the main locale is missing, the method will return the value of the fallback locale.

You can also use the getTranslation method:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->getTranslation('title');

To get a value for a specific locale, pass the localization code as the second argument. For example:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->getTranslation('title', 'fr');
// or
$page->getTranslation('title', Locale::French);

Set Translations

Single value

To add or update a translation to your application's current locale, simply assign a value to the model property. For example:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->title = 'New value';

You can also set a new value using the setTranslation method:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->setTranslation('title', 'New value');

These methods will set a new value to the currently active locale. To set the value to a specific locale, pass its code as the third parameter in this method. For example:

use App\Models\Article;
use LaravelLang\LocaleList\Locale;

$page = Article::first();

$page->setTranslation('title', 'New value', 'fr');
// or
$page->setTranslation('title', 'New value', Locale::French);

It is also possible to use mass filling:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

$page->fill([
    'title' => 'New value',
]);

Of course, filling can also be done when creating the model. For example:

use App\Models\Article;

$page = Article::first();

Article::create([
    'title' => 'New value',
]);

Plural value

If you need to quickly fill a property with translations from several localizations, you can use any of the following ways:

use App\Models\Article;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use LaravelLang\LocaleList\Locale;
use LaravelLang\Models\HasTranslations;

/** @var Model|HasTranslations $post */
$post = Article::first();

$titles = [
    'fr' => 'Mettre à jour & continuer à éditer',
    'en' => 'Update & Continue Editing',
    'de' => 'Aktualisieren & Weiterbearbeiten',
];

$descriptions = collect([
    Locale::French->value => 'Met à jour les informations et continue d\'éditer le message',
    Locale::German->value => 'Aktualisiert die Informationen und bearbeitet den Beitrag weiter',
]);

// Option 1
foreach ($titles as $locale => $value) {
    $post->setTranslation('title', $value, $locale);
}

foreach ($descriptions as $locale => $value) {
    $post->setTranslation('description', $value, $locale);
}

// Option 2
$post->setTranslations('title', $titles);
$post->setTranslations('description', $descriptions);

You can also assign iterable objects when bulk populating. For example:

$post->fill([
    'title'       => $titles,
    'description' => $descriptions,
]);

Article::create([
    'title'       => $titles,
    'description' => $descriptions,
]);

Please note that there is no strict need to indicate exact locations for each of the fields. For example, the example above will populate the title field for French, English, and German, while the description field will only set values for French and German.

JSON Fallback

After installing, you need to add a link to the service provider in the providers section of the config/app.php settings file:

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider as BaseTranslation;
use LaravelLang\JsonFallback\TranslationServiceProvider as JsonTranslation;

return [
    'providers' => ServiceProvider::defaultProviders()->merge([
        // other service providers
    ])->replace([
        BaseTranslation::class => JsonTranslation::class,
    ])->toArray(),
];

Now JSON keys will correctly output the value based on the selected localization.