I have a Laravel app in 9 difference languages:
JavaScript
x
/resources
-- /lang
-- -- /en_US.json
-- -- /fr_FR.json
-- -- /
I’m trying to set up localized URL’s like:
JavaScript
Route::get(__("link.projects"), 'GuestController@projects');
All content on the website is displayed in the correct language but routing returns 404 pages except for default fallback language.
My web.php
JavaScript
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web', 'locale']], function () {
/* GUEST */
Route::get('/', 'GuestController@index');
Route::get(__("link.projects"), 'GuestController@projects');
Route::get(__("link.participants"), 'GuestController@participants');
Route::get(__("link.participant")."/{public_id}", 'GuestController@participant');
Route::get(__("link.about"), 'GuestController@about');
Route::get(__("link.contact"), 'GuestController@contact');
});
My locale middleware:
JavaScript
<?php
namespace AppHttpMiddleware;
use Closure;
class SetLocale
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* @param IlluminateHttpRequest $request
* @param Closure $next
* @return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if($request->getHost() == "domain.com") {
$locale = 'en_US';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.dk") {
$locale = 'da_DK';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.de") {
$locale = 'de_DE';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.se") {
$locale = 'sv_SE';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.fi") {
$locale = 'fi_FI';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.es") {
$locale = 'es_ES';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.fr") {
$locale = 'fr_FR';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.it") {
$locale = 'it_IT';
} elseif($request->getHost() == "domain.nl") {
$locale = 'nl_NL';
} else {
$locale = 'en_US';
}
if (in_array($locale, [
"en_US",
"da_DK",
"de_DE",
"sv_SE",
"fi_FI",
"es_ES",
"fr_FR",
"it_IT",
"nl_NL"
]
)) {
session()->put('locale', $locale);
} else {
session()->put('locale', 'en_US');
}
if(session()->has('locale')) {
app()->setLocale(session('locale'));
}
return $next($request);
}
}
Using the fallback language URLs in production i’m able to get the content localized but URL’s in the web.php won’t allow translation. I don’t want to have prefix in URL’s since the different locales are set by domain instead.
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Answer
Okay so i took a small break and figured out a possible solution which seems to be working perfectly.
JavaScript
$locales = array("en_US","de_DE","es_ES","it_IT","fr_FR","da_DK","sv_SE","fi_FI","nl_NL");
foreach($locales as $locale) {
/* GUEST */
Route::get(__("link.projects", [], $locale), 'GuestController@projects');
Route::get(__("link.participants", [], $locale), 'GuestController@participants');
Route::get(__("link.participant", [], $locale)."/{public_id}", 'GuestController@participant');
Route::get(__("link.about", [], $locale), 'GuestController@about');
Route::get(__("link.contact", [], $locale), 'GuestController@contact');
Route::get(__("link.cookies", [], $locale), 'GuestController@cookies');
Route::get(__("link.terms_of_use", [], $locale), 'GuestController@terms_of_use');
Route::get(__("link.privacy_policy", [], $locale), 'GuestController@privacy_policy');
Route::get(__("link.disclaimer", [], $locale), 'GuestController@disclaimer');
}
Let me know if this has any potential breaks, but for me it’s working.