Laravel – Localization

Localization feature of Laravel supports different language to be used in application. You need to store all the strings of different language in a file and these files are stored at resources/views directory. You should create a separate directory for each supported language. All the language files should return an array of keyed strings as shown below.

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<?php return [    'welcome' => 'Welcome to the application' ];

Example

Step 1 − Create 3 files for languages — English, French, and German. Save English file at resources/lang/en/lang.php

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<?php    return [       'msg' => 'Laravel Internationalization example.'    ]; ?>

Step 2 − Save French file at resources/lang/fr/lang.php.

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<?php    return [       'msg' => 'Exemple Laravel internationalisation.'    ]; ?>

Step 3 − Save German file at resources/lang/de/lang.php.

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<?php    return [       'msg' => 'Laravel Internationalisierung Beispiel.'    ]; ?>

Step 4 − Create a controller called LocalizationController by executing the following command.

1	php artisan make:controller LocalizationController --plain

Step 5 − After successful execution, you will receive the following output −

Step 6 − Copy the following code to file

app/Http/Controllers/LocalizationController.php

app/Http/Controllers/LocalizationController.php

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<?php   namespace App\Http\Controllers;   use Illuminate\Http\Request; use App\Http\Requests; use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;   class LocalizationController extends Controller {    public function index(Request $request,$locale){       //set’s application’s locale       app()->setLocale($locale);              //Gets the translated message and displays it       echo trans('lang.msg');    } }

Step 7 − Add a route for LocalizationController in app/Http/routes.php file. Notice that we are passing {locale} argument after localization/ which we will use to see output in different language.

app/Http/routes.php

1	Route::get('localization/{locale}','LocalizationController@index');

Step 8 − Now, let us visit the different URLs to see all different languages. Execute the below URL to see output in English language.

1	http://localhost:8000/localization/en

Step 9 − The output will appear as shown in the following image.

Step 10 − Execute the below URL to see output in French language.

1	http://localhost:8000/localization/fr

Step 11 − The output will appear as shown in the following image.

Step 12 − Execute the below URL to see output in German language

1	http://localhost:8000/localization/de

Step 13 − The output will appear as shown in the following image.