Laravel 5.2 multilanguage with dimsav/laravel-translatable - php

Question

I am using dimsav for multilanguage and I have this problem after doing step by step from the guid. (dimsav)
I have a Model Category:
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Dimsav\Translatable\Translatable;
class Category extends Model {
use Translatable;
public $translatedAttributes = ['name'];
}
A CategoryTranslation:
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class CategoryTranslation extends Model {
public $timestamps = false;
}
And in Controller when I try to save this with a specific language I get an error. This is my controller:
$language = App::getLocale();
$user = Auth::user();
$category = new Category();
$category->translate('en')->name = Input::get('name'); //line 35
$category->save())
And error:
at HandleExceptions->handleError('2', 'Creating default object from
empty value',
'C:\workspace\applications\wamp\www\lutz-paletten\app\Http\Controllers\CategoryController.php',
'35', array('language' => 'en', 'user' => object(User), 'category' =>
object(Category))) in CategoryController.php line 35
PS: this is my migration:
Schema::create('categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('categoryId');
$table->integer('user_id');
$table->timestamps();
});
Schema::create('category_translations', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
$table->string('name');
$table->string('locale')->index();
$table->unique(['category_id','locale']);
$table->foreign('category_id')->references('id')->on('categories')->onDelete('cascade');
});
What am I missing ?
If I use this, it works:
$category->name = Input::get('name');
And it will be saved with what is set as AppLocale but how can I use it with translate() ?

Answer 1

I don't know if you solved this or not, but i think you should check with a couple of things:
1- delete the Parentheses when initiating the Category object so it will become:
$category = new Category;
2- Change the extra Parentheses after the save function so it will be:
$category->save();
3- make sure your input is named correctly.
and that's all i can see, hope you solved already :).
BTW you don't need that
$table->integer('categoryId'); in your migration is not nessary since $table->increments('id); is playing that role!
happy coding :)

Answer 2

If you create a new record of Category, this last one saves record with your current Locale (default : en).
You just need to change $category->translate('en') by $category->getNewTranslation('en') or $category->translateOrNew('en') and it works !
For your example:
Create a category with default locale (config/app.php ==> locale => 'en'):
// CategoryController
public function createCategory(Request $request)
{
// Save record in *categories* table
// And save the default language (config/app.php ==> locale) in *category_translations* table.
$category = new Category::create($request);
}
Create a translation in an existing category:
public function createCategoryTranslation(Request $request, $id)
{
$category = Category::find($id)
// Solution 1 : If you want to explain the fields to be saved.
$category->getNewTranslation('en')->name = $request->input('name');
// Solution 2 : Mass assignement if you have multiple fields to be saved.
$category->getNewTranslation('en')->fill($request);
$category->save()
}
Update a translation:
public function updateCategoryTranslation(Request $request, $id)
{
$category = Category::find($id)
// Solution 1 : If you want to explain the fields to be saved.
$category->translate('en')->name = $request->input('name');
// Solution 2 : Mass assignement if you have multiple fields to be saved.
$category->translate('en')->fill($request);
$category->save()
}
CreateOrUpdate translation:
public function createOrUpdateCategoryTranslation(Request $request, $id)
{
$category = Category::find($id)
// Solution 1 : If you want to explain the fields to be saved.
$category->translateOrNew('en')->name = $request->input('name');
// Solution 2 : Mass assignement if you have multiple fields to be saved.
$category->translateOrNew('en')->fill($request);
$category->save()
}