backtheweb/linguo

Laravel Gettext integration

linguo

Gettext for laravel 5, _(*1)

Installation

Laravel Service Provider

Add the service provider and the face on config/app.php, _(*2)

'providers' => [

    [...]
    Backtheweb\Linguo\LinguoServiceProvider::class,
],

'aliases' => [
    [...]
    'Linguo' => Backtheweb\Linguo\LinguoFacade::class,
]

And publish the config:, _(*3)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Backtheweb\Linguo\LinguoServiceProvider" --tag=config

Setup

Edit config/linguo.php, _(*4)

return [

    'headers' => [
        'Project-Id-Version'    => 'linguo',
        'Language-Team'         => 'TeamName <info@example.com>'
    ],

    'sources' => [
        base_path('resources/views'),
        base_path('app/Http/Controllers'),
    ] ,

    'i18nPath'  => base_path('resources/lang'),
    'domain'    => 'default',           // defualt domain
    'domains'   => [],                  // others domains to process
    'locales'   => ['es', 'en'],        // may be en or en_GB
];

Sources : Is where the parser will be looking for translation keys i18nPath: Is the path where are stored the translation files, _(*5)

Parse and generate translation files

Parse

php artisian linguo:parse --compile

Compile

php artisian linguo:parse

What does it do?

1. Read the folders defined on sources config and extract the keys form translation functions gettext, ngettext, __, _n
2. Create a catalog default.pot file whit keys.

3. Foreach language defined on locales:, _(*6)

   • Create or/update the {local}/default.po file.
   • Create a {local}/default.php file with translations defined on {local}/default.po