change locale symfony 2.3 - php

Question

I just began with symfony
I'm trying to build a multilang website but I have a problem to change the locale
I read some posts and I read the documentation about this but the locale don't change, I try:
public function indexAction()
{
$this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'fr');
$request = $this->getRequest();
$locale = $request->getLocale();
return $this->render('PhoneMainBundle:Default:index.html.twig',array('locale'=>$locale));
}
but the value in $locale is always 'en' (my default locale)
I also try
public function indexAction()
{
$this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'fr');
$request = $this->getRequest();
$request->setLocale('fr');
$locale = $request->getLocale();
return $this->render('PhoneMainBundle:Default:index.html.twig',array('locale'=>$locale));
}
In this case $locale is fr but the translations are always from messages.en.yml
I'd like in a first time to detect the user locale using $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], maybe using a listner on each page actualisation ?
and after I will create a route to change the locale
But I 'd like to find a way to change the locale.
Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Based on this and this answers.
LanguageListener.php:
<?php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\EventListener;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Event\InteractiveLoginEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
class LanguageListener
{
private $session;
public function setSession(Session $session)
{
$this->session = $session;
}
public function setLocale(GetResponseEvent $event)
{
if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST !== $event->getRequestType()) {
return;
}
$request = $event->getRequest();
$request->setLocale($request->getPreferredLanguage(array('en', 'de')));
}
}
services.yml:
acme.language.kernel_request_listener:
class: Acme\UserBundle\EventListener\LanguageListener
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.request, method: setLocale }
About wrong locale detection in twig, there could be a lot of different causes. Search through the SO, you'll definitely find the answer. Make sure that your '_local' var is defined right, make sure that you put your languages files in the right place, etc. FInally, read again the last version of the documentation: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/translation.html

Answer 2

I however added this to make it more dynamic
services.yml
services:
acme.language.kernel_request_listener:
class: Acme\UserBundle\EventListener\LanguageListener
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.request, method: setLocale }
arguments: [ #router, #service_container ]
LanguageListener.php:
<?php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\EventListener;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Event\InteractiveLoginEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
class LanguageListener
{
private $session;
private $container;
private $router;
public function __construct($router, $container)
{
// ...
$this->router= $router;
$this->container = $container;
}
public function setSession(Session $session)
{
$this->session = $session;
}
public function setLocale(GetResponseEvent $event)
{
if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST !== $event->getRequestType()) {
return;
}
$request = $event->getRequest();
$request->setLocale($request->getPreferredLanguage($this->container->parameters['jms_i18n_routing.locales']));
}
}
Just to be able to get the parameters and values from config.yml.
Regards,
Wick

Answer 3

If for example your default locale is french, except for one controller you want to have the default locale set to english can do that:
routing.yml
desktop_comingsoonpage:
resource: "#RemmelComparabusBundle/Controller/ComingsoonpageController.php"
defaults: { _locale: en }
type: annotation
more info : Symfony doc