Localization issue in laravel application - php

Question

I have two domains directing to a single laravel application.
test_en.site
test_fr.site
MY REQUIREMENT
test_en.site need to load the English content by default and test_fr.site need to load the French content.
(If a user accesses to test_en.site, still the user can change the language to French, and if a user accesses to test_fr.site user can change the language to English.)
WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR
In order to check the domain and load the correct language accordingly, in my Middleware, Localization.php I have added the following condition.
app/Http/Middleware/Localization.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use App;
use Closure;
class Localization
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (session()->has('locale')) {
App::setLocale(session()->get('locale'));
return $next($request);
}
// load english by default if the root is test_en.site or else load french for other domains
else {
$locale = $request->root() == 'http://test_en.site' ? 'En' : 'Fr';
App::setLocale($locale);
return $next($request);
}
}
}
PROBLEM
I created two virtual hosts for the same project with two test domains and tried in my local then it works well...
But when I tested this out on the live server it keeps loading the English for the French domain too.
$locale = $request->root() == 'http://test_en.site' ? 'En' : 'Fr';
App::setLocale($locale);
return $next($request)
I even tried using the getHost() method instead of root() but that too works only in the local server...
Where am I doing wrong and How can I fix this, as this code works fine in the local I'm struggling to find the solution...

Answer 1

your code is correct, I think you forgot to add it into Kernel.php
if it still not work
try this snippet instead
p/s edited
// get subdomain
$url_array = explode('.', parse_url($request->url(), PHP_URL_HOST));
$subdomain = $url_array[0]; // in your case it should be test_en/test_fr
$languages = ['test_en' => 'en', 'test_fr' => 'fr'];
App::setLocale($languages[$subdomain]);
return $next($request);

Answer 2

You can try use https://github.com/movemoveapp/laravel-localization localization package. Your problem describe here https://github.com/movemoveapp/laravel-localization#localization-switch-by-domain-names.
How to use?
In your case you have:
test_en.site - En version
test_fr.site - Fr version
Install package and add to .env file new environments
LOCALIZATION_DOMAIN_NAME_EN=test_en.site
LOCALIZATION_DOMAIN_NAME_FR=test_fr.site
A next step modify your web routes in routes/web.php, like to
Route::group([
'middleware' => [ 'localizationDomainRedirect' ]
], function()
{
Route::get('/', function()
{
return View::make('index');
});
});
So, by http://test_en.site/ opened En version, by http://test_fr.site - Fr.