I am using the Yii2 Framework and I am translating all texts of buttons, labels, messages, etc.
Then I read this article http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-tutorial-i18n.html that shows how to do it automatically but I don't understand it.
I want to translate to Spanish from Argentina: es-AR or at least to any Spanish.
So I think I need to change from en-US to es-AR but I would like to know which files should I change.
Also I am using the great Gii code generator where I can see a checkbox called Enable I18N.
I watched these files but I am not sure if I am looking the right files:
vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php
vendor/yiisoft/yii2/i18n/I18N.php
common/config/main-local.php
Add language propery and i18n component in application config. For advanced application template in common/config/main.php
return [
'language' => 'es-AR',
...
'components' => [
...
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'app*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '#app/messages',
],
],
],
...
],
]
Use Yii::t() for all user messages (model labels, views, error messages etc).
echo \Yii::t('app', 'Friend');
Create directory messages/es-AR. Create file app.php in this directory and add translations
return [
'Friend' => 'Amigo',
'Girl' => 'Сhica',
...
];
Try to look into the official documentation, it is best tutorial for you. http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-tutorial-i18n.html
Also, look at this answer yii2 basic multiple language
You can change default language by changing 'language' parameter of your main configuration file. Like this:
return
[
// set target language to be English
'language' => 'en-US',
]
Where instead 'en-US' you must to set needed locale code, e.g. 'es-AR'
Related
Right now I'm trying to implement themming for my Yii2 based project.
How I see the thing now:
User chooses an application theme from the list on the settings
page in backend.
Using yii2-settings I'm saving all the
configuration data in DB (pretty easy).
In the application
bootstrap.php I'm creating new alias called #theme. Basically it
should lead us to a application theme base path (used in search
paths, assets manager, e.t.c.).
According to official
documentation, that's how I configured my view component:
'view' => [
'theme' => [
'basePath' => '#theme',
'baseUrl' => '#theme',
'pathMap' => [
'#app/views' => '#theme',
'#app/widgets' => '#theme/widgets',
'#app/modules' => '#theme/modules',
],
],
],
An issue I have is with p.3. According to yii2-settings documentation that's how I supposed to read the settings:
$theme = Yii::$app->settings->get('name', 'general');
Yii::setAlias('#theme', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../themes/$theme"));
But obviously, it's not working for me because of yii2-settings component didn't initialized yet when bootstrap.php is called. I've been trying to initialize it later in the init() method of my base controller, then adjust other aliases manually, but I feel that way being somewhat 'unclean', and also it still fails because of #theme alias is also used in asset file which is Yii2 starting to publish before calling the controller's init method.
So does anyone has any thoughts of how to do that 'hacking' the code as less as possible? I know I could just move configuration to some file, then read it manually before the application initialization, but it's still not the way I want to go.
Maybe there's some way to override some system component to set the alias after db component is loaded, but before view component configuration? Or Yii loads this components in a different order? Anyway. Any help would be appreciated!
You could try an Application Event in bootstrap:
\Yii::$app->on(\yii\base\Application::EVENT_BEFORE_REQUEST, function ($event) {
$theme = Yii::$app->settings->get('name', 'general');
Yii::setAlias('#theme', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../themes/$theme"));
});
OR in configuration file:
[
'on beforeRequest' => function ($event) {
// ...
},
]
From Yii 2 docs:
EVENT_BEFORE_REQUEST This event is triggered before an application
handles a request. The actual event name is beforeRequest.
When this event is triggered, the application instance has been
configured and initialized. So it is a good place to insert your
custom code via the event mechanism to intercept the request handling
process. For example, in the event handler, you may dynamically set
the yii\base\Application::$language property based on some parameters.
Here's the final solution:
config/bootstrap.php:
// Setting a temporary path for components configuration - will be changed later
Yii::setAlias('#theme', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../themes/"));
config/main.php
'components' => [
'view' => [
'theme' => [
'basePath' => '#theme',
'baseUrl' => '#theme',
'pathMap' => [
'#app/views' => '#theme',
'#app/widgets' => '#theme/widgets',
'#app/modules' => '#theme/modules',
],
],
],
],
'on beforeRequest' => function ($event) {
$theme = Yii::$app->settings->get('theme', 'general');
Yii::setAlias('#theme', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)."/../../themes/$theme"));
},
How to enable multitranslation in yii 2 basic framework? I have tried, but it is not working. I get no error, but translation is not showing. Code:
public function actionLang(){
$lang = \Yii::$app->request->get('lang');
if($lang && in_array($lang,['en-US','ar-SA'])){
$cookie = new Cookie();
$cookie->name = '_lang';
$cookie->value = $lang;
$cookie->expire = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 180;
\Yii::$app->response->cookies->add($cookie);
}
$this->redirect(['index']);
}
I'm using this function in SiteController.
Internationalization in Yii is not a one-action job. Here's the documentation on how to make your website multilingual:
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/docs/guide/tutorial-i18n.md
If docs are unclear, here is a tutorial:
http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/programming-with-yii2-localization-with-i18n--cms-23140
If you have gone through all the steps and merely wish to set the current language, you can use:
\Yii::$app->language = 'xxx';
where xxx is a language code in accordance with ISO 639-2.
Here are the mentioned standard's entries:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
First of all, from what I have gathered, you are trying to identify a language requested from the current request by doing $lang = \Yii::$app->request->get('lang'); and then set it in the cookie. In my opinion, this should be used as a "helper", meaning, it is useful to know the language preference of the returning client, but you still have to manage languages via URL, i.e. http://yoursite.com/en or http://yoursite.com/de should serve different languages.
Now, there are actually very good plugins out there for multilingual URL management, such as yii2-localeurls , which you can find here. I use it in production in multiple projects and highly recommend it.
To actually manage translations, you have to have a folder in the root of your project (if you are using advance template, you should have it inside frontend/backend/console ) to store the actual block translations, call it messages .
Now, under #app/messages create folders for each non-default language, for example #app/messages/de for German translations.
If you go your config in #app/config/main.php, look for i18n key inside the components array. If you can't find such a key, simply put the following into the components array:
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'app*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '#app/messages',
'sourceLanguage' => 'en',
'fileMap' => [
'app' => 'app.php',
'app/error' => 'error.php',
],
],
'*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
]
],
],
Now, you will need to create a translation file inside the relevant directory. In the above configuration, we declared that the default language used is en, that means that all original messages would be in English. Go to #app/messages/de and create a translations file inside that directory. You can call it whatever you like, but for this example, call it site.php.
In this site.php put the following:
return [
'Translate this!' => 'Your relevant translation here in whichever language',
'Translate this also!!!' => 'Stuff...'
];
If all done correctly, when you access your page via http://yousite.com/de, when using Yii::t('site', 'Translate this!') you should be getting 'Your relevant translation here in whichever language' instead.
The beauty of Yii 2 is that it is extremely well documented. Visit the official documentation if you are stuck, it really explains everything quite well.
I am working on yii2 framework.This is new framework for me. I want to setup multiple language. I tried some way but didn't got success. Can anyone please suggest me simplest way ? What should i have to do ?
I am using this reference link
http://techisworld.com/working-with-multiple-languages-app-in-yii2-framework-using-i18n-system.html
1- For dynamic content (coming from database) I usually use this:
webvimark/multilanguage
It is very easy and isolated from your app DB tables structure and code, that gives flexibility in adding/removing languages at the long term.
2- For static content (words inside the markup) in frontend as an example:
add the lines in your frontend/config/main.php file,
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'app*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '#app/messages',
'sourceLanguage' => 'en_US',
'fileMap' => [
'app' => 'app.php'
],
],
],
],
Put you translation file app.php file inside /frontend/messages, as any Yii translation file it returns an array of translations in a key-value pairs.
Then you can translate your static content using:
Yii::t('app', 'text to be translated')
I just started using Yii 2 and already running into some issues I can't figure out myself.
I set up the translator, to use my DB instead of files like this ( and two tables message and source_message):
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'app*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\DbMessageSource',
//'basePath' => '#app/messages',
//'sourceLanguage' => 'en',
],
],
],
I even set the translator parameter to true:
public $forceTranslation = true;
Now I create the text to translate like this:
<?=Yii::t('app', 'Congratulations!');?>
When I check the debug info, I see, that there has been only one query:
SELECT
"t1"."message" AS "message",
"t2"."translation" AS "translation"
FROM
"source_message" "t1",
"message" "t2"
WHERE
t1.id = t2.id AND
t1.category = 'app' AND
t2.language = 'en'
This doesn’t return anything, since there are no translations present. Now, what I can't figure out, how to make the system auto-create a new translation, for the missing translations.
Is such a feature already built in or do I need to create one my self? Because I couldn't find anything on the internet.
And, if there is not, what is the right way to do so?
I found this script by Aleksandr Zelenin that did exactly, what I needed: https://github.com/zelenin/yii2-i18n-module
Component uses yii\i18n\MissingTranslationEvent for auto-add of missing translations to database
I'm trying to find a way to use custom Gii templates for Yii 2, but looking at the missing documentation in the docs, I assume it's not possible yet?
Or am I missing something?
Copy ie. the crud generator templates from gii/generators/crud/templates to your application app/templates/mycrud.
Then define the templates in your config:
$config['modules']['gii'] = [
'class' => 'yii\gii\Module',
'generators' => [
'crud' => [
'class' => 'yii\gii\generators\crud\Generator',
'templates' => ['mycrud' => '#app/templates/mycrud']
]
]
];
Until the documentation is finished you may also have a look at my Gii extension how to create a custom generator and templates.