Laravel Translatable Routes

A package for creating and managing translatable routes in laravel.

Setup

Install the package via composer:

composer require aw-studio/laravel-translatable-routes

Usage

Build translated routes in the form of /en/home, /de/startseite made easy.

Make sure to translate your routes within your translation-files in the resources directory, for example:

// lang/de/routes.php

return [
    'home' => 'startseite'
];

You can now simply add translated Routes to your preferred routes file using the __() helper in the uri string like this:

Route::trans('/__(routes.home)', 'HomeController@show')->name('home');

A translated route will be created for all locales defined in your translatable config. The locale will be prepended to the given uri and name. So the routes for the previous example would be:

• en.home => /en/home
• de.home => /de/startseite

The __route helper prepends the current locale to the given name and returns the corresponding route:

<a href="{{ __route('home') }}">
    ...
</a>

Switching Languages

You may want to place a link to the different language route on your website. To do this, the translate method can be applied to the current route with the desired locale.

<a href="{{ Request::route()->translate('de') }}">Deutsch</a>

With Parameters

For routes with parameters a translator must be specified. A translator is a controller method that returns the route parameters for the desired locale. The translator method receives the desired locale and the parameters for the current locale.

// ./routes/web.php
Route::trans('/{slug}', 'PostController@show')->translator('getSlug')->name('home');

// ./app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php

class PostController extends Controller
{
	// ...

	public function getSlug($locale, $slug)
	{
		$slug = Post::whereTranslation('slug', $slug)
			->first()
			->translate($locale)
			->slug;

		return ['slug' => $slug];
	}
}