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jonathan-neugber/cake-lazytranslations
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Lazy translations for cakephp

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A CakePHP 3 plugin that overrides the default `__` translation function to enable lazy evaluation.

Preface
-------

[](#preface)

For now this is only a prototype/proof of concept.

Use case
--------

[](#use-case)

Let's say you define some translations in a configuration file which is loaded in the `bootstrap.php`. But afterwards in the code the locale in the `I18n` class is changed.

**Result:** The translations in the config are in a different locale than those evaluated after changing the locale.

Solution
--------

[](#solution)

`__` now returns an object that contains everything needed to create the translation but is only evaluated when cast to a string.

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

[](#installation)

#### 1. require the plugin in `composer.json`

[](#1-require-the-plugin-in-composerjson)

```
"require": {
	"jonathan-neugber/cake-lazytranslations": "dev-master",
}

```

#### 2. Include the plugin using composer

[](#2-include-the-plugin-using-composer)

Open a terminal in your project-folder and run

```
$ composer update

```

#### 3. Load the plugin `config/functions.php`

[](#3-load-the-plugin-configfunctionsphp)

Now here it gets a bit tricky. As you can't yet set the order of loaded files in the composer.json you need it manually add it in the `index.php` file **BEFORE** the `autoloader.php`(Same applies for the `bin/cake.php` file for the shell).

```
require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/jonathan-neugber/cake-lazytranslations/config/functions.php';
require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

```

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 7% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17924468?v=4)[Gabriel Neugber](/maintainers/jonathan-neugber)[@jonathan-neugber](https://github.com/jonathan-neugber)

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