I am trying to implement multiple languages in my laravel application with json files in resource/lang/ directory with shortnames of languages i.e en.json, ar.json. Following is the code
web.php
Route::get('lang/{lang}', [HomeController::class,'switchLang'])->name('lang');
HomeController.php
public function switchLang($lang)
{
App::setLocale($lang);
\Artisan::call('config:clear');
\Artisan::call('config:cache');
\Artisan::call('cache:clear');
return redirect()->back();
}
**Note: ** I have also tried through middleware by protecting all the routes using following middleware
Language.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class Language
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @param \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse) $next
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
*/
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next,$lang)
{
App::setLocale($lang);
\Artisan::call('config:clear');
\Artisan::call('config:cache');
\Artisan::call('cache:clear');
return $next($request);
}
}
don't do artisan calls when the user change language.
setLocale should be enough, but you need to store that locale in the session at least,
switchLang :
session()->put('locale', $lang);
middleware:
if(session()->has('locale')) {
app()->setLocale(session()->get('locale'));
}
a better option could be to store it in the users table