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thomasgenster/laravel-translator
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Custom translator for Laravel enabling translations inside translations

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laravel-translator
==================

[](#laravel-translator)

Custom translator for Laravel that prevents the need to use traditional placeholders for getting a translation inside a translation

Add the following to you Providers array (app/config/app.php):

`Genster\CustomLaravelTranslator\TranslatorProvider`

Remove/uncomment the default provider:

`Illuminate\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider`

#### Usage:

[](#usage)

Use \[\[ \]\] as placeholders to have it be replaced by the corresponding translation key.

#### Example:

[](#example)

lang/en/default.php

```
array(
    'hello world' => 'Please contact us at [[contact.phone]]',
)
```

lang/en/contact.php

```
array(
    'phone' => '+49 12345678'
)
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% 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

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c6c064467d3a2261d5c1372119d561e05152cf47233337485f72f66676f6fab7?d=identicon)[thomasgenster](/maintainers/thomasgenster)

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Top Contributors

[![thomasgenster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1425786?v=4)](https://github.com/thomasgenster "thomasgenster (1 commits)")

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