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mpet
mpet

Reputation: 1014

Laravel language settings per user

I know how to set default language in application by using App::setLocale('es');

I'm thinking about setting individual language per user after an user logs in.

Currently, the only way I have in mind is to set a general language and use variable inside a Lang::get() command:

$user_language = 'gr';

Lang::get('messages.welcome'.$user_language);

Is there any other way of setting language setting per user?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6527

Answers (2)

Marianela Diaz
Marianela Diaz

Reputation: 99

If you want to set locale per each user is not recommended to use App::setLocale($lang) because it changes the global settings in the app so the best solution is to use

Lang::get($key, $replace, $locale).

We can use different files per each language. Having this key on

en
'required' => 'Field is required'
es
 'required' => 'Campo es requerido'

And this structure of files

resources
  lang
    en
      messages.php
    es
      messages.php

To recover the correct key you should call

$user_language = 'en';
        
Lang::get('messages.required',[], $user_language)

Upvotes: 0

Bogdan
Bogdan

Reputation: 44526

Why not just use App::setLocale() to set the language according to the user preferences if the user is logged in. According to the Laravel Docs:

You may change the active language at any time using the App::setLocale method.

So you could do that maybe like this:

App::before(function($request)
{
    // If user is logged in
    if (Auth::check())
    {
        // Get the user specific language
        $lang = Auth::user()->language;

        // Set the language
        App::setLocale($lang);
    }
});

Upvotes: 11

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