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solutionforest/laravel-translatable
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A trait to make an Eloquent model hold translations

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A trait to make Eloquent models translatable
============================================

[](#a-trait-to-make-eloquent-models-translatable)

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This package contains a trait to make Eloquent models translatable. Translations are stored in Database. All translation will be cached by default Laravel Cache.

This Library forked from [spatie/laravel-translatable](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-translatable)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#this-library-forked-from-spatielaravel-translatable)

Technically, all methods are same. Use database as storage only.

Once the trait is installed on the model you can do these things:

```
$newsItem = new NewsItem; // This is an Eloquent model
$newsItem
   ->setTranslation('name', 'en', 'Name in English')
   ->setTranslation('name', 'nl', 'Naam in het Nederlands')
   ->save();

$newsItem->name; // Returns 'Name in English' given that the current app locale is 'en'
$newsItem->getTranslation('name', 'nl'); // returns 'Naam in het Nederlands'

app()->setLocale('nl');

$newsItem->name; // Returns 'Naam in het Nederlands'
```

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require solutionforest/laravel-translatable
```

Making a model translatable
---------------------------

[](#making-a-model-translatable)

The required steps to make a model translatable are:

- First, `php artisian migrate` migrate the table
- Next, you need to add the `SolutionForest\Translatable\HasTranslations`-trait.
- Next, you should create a public property `$translatable` which holds an array with all the names of attributes you wish to make translatable.

Here's an example of a prepared model:

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use SolutionForest\Translatable\HasTranslations;

class NewsItem extends Model
{
    use HasTranslations;

    public $translatable = ['name'];
}
```

### Available methods

[](#available-methods)

#### Getting a translation

[](#getting-a-translation)

The easiest way to get a translation for the current locale is to just get the property for the translated attribute. For example (given that `name` is a translatable attribute):

```
$newsItem->name;
```

You can also use this method:

```
public function getTranslation(string $attributeName, string $locale) : string
```

This function has an alias named `translate`.

#### Getting all translations

[](#getting-all-translations)

You can get all translations by calling `getTranslations()` without an argument:

```
$newsItem->getTranslations();
```

Or you can use the accessor

```
$yourModel->translations
```

#### Setting a translation

[](#setting-a-translation)

The easiest way to set a translation for the current locale is to just set the property for a translatable attribute. For example (given that `name` is a translatable attribute):

```
$newsItem->name = 'New translation';
```

To set a translation for a specific locale you can use this method:

```
public function setTranslation(string $attributeName, string $locale, string $value)
```

To actually save the translation, don't forget to save your model.

```
$newsItem->setTranslation('name', 'en', 'Updated name in English');

$newsItem->save();
```

#### Validation

[](#validation)

- if you want to validate an attribute for uniqueness before saving/updating the db, you might want to have a look at [laravel-unique-translation](https://github.com/codezero-be/laravel-unique-translation) which is made specifically for *laravel-translatable*.

#### Forgetting a translation

[](#forgetting-a-translation)

You can forget a translation for a specific field:

```
public function forgetTranslation(string $attributeName, string $locale)
```

You can forget all translations for a specific locale:

```
public function forgetAllTranslations(string $locale)
```

#### Getting all translations in one go

[](#getting-all-translations-in-one-go)

```
public function getTranslations(string $attributeName): array
```

#### Setting translations in one go

[](#setting-translations-in-one-go)

```
public function setTranslations(string $attributeName, array $translations)
```

Here's an example:

```
$translations = [
   'en' => 'Name in English',
   'nl' => 'Naam in het Nederlands'
];

$newsItem->setTranslations('name', $translations);
```

### Events

[](#events)

#### TranslationHasBeenSet

[](#translationhasbeenset)

Right after calling `setTranslation` the `SolutionForest\Translatable\Events\TranslationHasBeenSet`-event will be fired.

It has these properties:

```
/** @var \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model */
public $model;

/** @var string  */
public $attributeName;

/** @var string  */
public $locale;

public $oldValue;
public $newValue;
```

### Creating models

[](#creating-models)

You can immediately set translations when creating a model. Here's an example:

```
NewsItem::create([
   'name' => [
      'en' => 'Name in English',
      'nl' => 'Naam in het Nederlands'
   ],
]);
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

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)

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)
- [Sebastian De Deyne](https://github.com/sebastiandedeyne)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

We got the idea to store translations as json in a column from [Mohamed Said](https://github.com/themsaid). Parts of the readme of [his multilingual package](https://github.com/themsaid/laravel-multilingual) were used in this readme.

Support us
----------

[](#support-us)

SolutionForest is a solution house based in Hong Kong.[on our website](https://solutionforest.net).

License
-------

[](#license)

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

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