How is Localization in Laravel implemented? - php

Question

I want to implement localization on my website using Laravel 5.5.
However, I am not sure what the standard practice when using localization should be. I have used the LocalizationController module from the Laravel documentation. My goal is to have the localization option selected via a dropdown. Then the user's selection should be remember.
Do I store their selection in a database for future use?
Or, is this something to keep in a cookie?
Side note:
(I want to avoid having their selection in the url. I'll either pass the data in a request or get method.)

Answer 1

For registered and logged-in users i recommend to store the users language in the database. Everytime a user logs in the application should set the language for the current user. Maybe you take a closer look on middleware. Build a language middleware, register it as new middlewaregroup and assign it to every route (-group) you need. A middleware could look like this:
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class LanguageMiddleware
{
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if(Auth::check()){
// user is logged in
App::setLocale(Auth::user()->language);
return $next($request);
}
App::setLocale(config('app.locale'));
return $next($request);
}
}
Now register the new middleware in app/Http/Kernel.php as new middleware-group under protected $middlwareGroups:
// other middleware-groups
'language' => [
\App\Http\Middleware\LanguageMiddleware::class
]
Finally assign middelware-group to route (-group):
Route::group(['middleware' => ['language']], function(){
// Routes...
});
Unfortunately there is no build-in function to show a dropdown-language-select. But you can simply build a blade-partial which you can integrate in your navbar or where-ever you want to show/use it. You could ask new users during registration for their preferred language.
Guests/unregistered users could use the dropdown. By default they should see the default language.
Hopefully this helps you.