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backtheweb/linguo
=================

Laravel Gettext integration

073PHP

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linguo
======

[](#linguo)

Gettext for laravel 5

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Laravel Service Provider

[](#laravel-service-provider)

Add the service provider and the face on `config/app.php`

```
'providers' => [

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

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

```

And publish the config:

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

```

### Setup

[](#setup)

Edit `config/linguo.php`

```
return [

    'headers' => [
        'Project-Id-Version'    => 'linguo',
        'Language-Team'         => 'TeamName '
    ],

    '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

Parse and generate translation files
------------------------------------

[](#parse-and-generate-translation-files)

### Parse

[](#parse)

```
php artisian linguo:parse --compile

```

Compile
-------

[](#compile)

```
php artisian linguo:parse

```

### What does it do?

[](#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`:

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

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 17% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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