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luizjr/language
===============

Language switcher package for Laravel.

v1.0.6(6y ago)1878MITPHPPHP >=5.6.4

Since May 25Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Language switcher package for Laravel.
======================================

[](#language-switcher-package-for-laravel)

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This package allows switching locale easily on Laravel projects. It's so simple to use, once it's installed, your App locale will change only by passing routes into SetLanguage middleware.

**Top features:**

- Change automatically app locale depending on user browser configuration
- Language flags built-in for easy implementation
- Get language name like 'English' or 'Español' from codes such as 'en' or 'es'
- Option to choose short (en) or long (en-GB) language code
- Store locale on users table
- Restrict users to set languages you don't have translations
- Helper functions for clean, simple and easy to read API
- Supports Carbon and Date packages

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### 1. Install

[](#1-install)

Run the following command:

```
composer require luizjr/language

```

### 2. Register (for Laravel < 5.5)

[](#2-register-for-laravel--55)

Register the service provider in `config/app.php`

```
LuizJr\Language\Provider::class,
```

Add alias if you want to use the facade.

```
'Language'   => LuizJr\Language\Facade::class,
```

### 3. Publish

[](#3-publish)

Publish config, migration and blade files.

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=language

```

### 4. Migrate

[](#4-migrate)

Add locale column to users table:

```
php artisan migrate

```

### 5. Configure

[](#5-configure)

Default values can be modified also on `config/language.php`

#### Keys

[](#keys)

- route: Makes route available
- carbon: Sets briannesbitt/carbon translator language
- date: Sets jenssegers/date translator language
- home: Make home route available
- auto: Sets language automatically depending on user's browser config
- prefix: Prefix of routes URI to set locale
- middleware: default middleware to set locale
- controller: default controller to handle locale
- flags: Settings such as width, class etc for flags
- mode: The language code and name mode
- allowed: Allowed language codes
- all: Available language names and codes

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Middleware

[](#middleware)

All routes in which you want to set language should be under the `language`middleware to set at each request to App locale.

```
Route::group(['middleware' => 'language'], function () {

    // Here your routes

});
```

### URL

[](#url)

- Via URL with return home: /languages/{locale}/home
- Via URL with return back: /languages/{locale}/back

**Tip:** */languages prefix can be changed from `config/language.php`*

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

### language()->allowed()

[](#language-allowed)

Returns an array with `[$code => $name]` for all allowed languages of config. Example usage on blade:

```
@foreach (language()->allowed() as $code => $name)
    {{ $name }}
@endforeach
```

### language()->flags()

[](#language-flags)

Returns an output with flags for all allowed languages of config. Output can be changed from `resources/views/vendor/language` folder

### language()->flag()

[](#language-flag)

Returns the flag of the current locale. Output can be changed from `resources/views/vendor/language` folder

### language()->names($codes = null)

[](#language-namescodes--null)

Get an array like `[$code => $name]` from an array of only $codes.

### language()->codes($langs = null)

[](#language-codeslangs--null)

Get an array like `[$name => $code]` from an array of only $langs.

### language()->back($code)

[](#language-backcode)

Returns the URL to set up language and return back: `back()`

Also if you prefer to use directly route() function you can use it as following code:

```
{{ route('language::back', ['locale' => $code]) }}
```

### language()->home($code)

[](#language-homecode)

Returns the URL to set language and return to home: `url('/')`

Also if you prefer to use directly route() function you can use it as following code:

```
{{ route('language::home', ['locale' => $code]) }}
```

### language()->getName($code = 'default')

[](#language-getnamecode--default)

Returns the language name of `$code` if specified or the current language set if not.

**Tip:** *Use app()->getLocale() to get the current locale*

### language()->getCode($name = 'default')

[](#language-getcodename--default)

Returns the language code of `$name` if specified or the current language set if not.

### language()->getShortCode($long = 'default')

[](#language-getshortcodelong--default)

Returns the language short code of `$long` if specified or the current language set if not.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [Releases](../../releases) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Luiz Jr](https://github.com/luizjr)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~32 days

Recently: every ~21 days

Total

6

Last Release

2432d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1474563?v=4)[Luiz Junior](/maintainers/luizjr)[@luizjr](https://github.com/luizjr)

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