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waterloomatt/translation
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Handle dynamic translations based on current controller/action.

1.0.5(10y ago)027MITPHP

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laravel-dynamic-translations
============================

[](#laravel-dynamic-translations)

Allows your application to use dynamic translations with ease

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

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

Run the following to include this via Composer

```
composer require waterloomatt/translation

```

### Laravel 5 Configuration

[](#laravel-5-configuration)

Register the service provider with your application by adding the following line to config/app.php

```
'providers' => [
  Waterloomatt\Translation\Providers\TranslationServiceProvider::class
```

That's it! You're good to go.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your views, use Laravel's translation helper as you normally would. Nothing needs to change here.

```
{{ trans('messages.pageTitle') }}

```

Now, the fun bit! In this example, you can override the 'pageTitle' translation by specifying which controller or action (or both) a translation should apply to.

In your messages.php translation file, override the `pageTitle` translation by specifying a controller or action (or both).

```
return [
  'pageTitle'                                   => 'My Application!'  // Applies to all pages
  'controller:search_key:pageTitle'             => 'Search',          // Applies to /search/{any_action}
  'action:index_key:pageTitle'                  => 'All Index Pages!',// Applies to /{any_controller}/index
  'controller:user_action:update_key:pageTitle' => 'Update User',     // Applies to user/update
];
```

As you can see, you can control which translation will be used by specifying the *controller* or *action* or both. The most specific translation that matches the current route will be used.

- Each component separates its name from its value by a *colon* `controller:user`, `controller:payment`
- Each component separates itself from other components by an *underscore* `controller:user_action:update`, `controller:payment_action:decline_key:pageTitle`
- The third component is *key* which simply defines the translation key.
- Both controller and action are optional

### Important! Translations are searched by most specific to least specific.

[](#important-translations-are-searched-by-most-specific-to-least-specific)

1. controller:name\_action:name\_key:name
2. action:name\_key:name
3. controller:name\_key:name
4. name

In the following examples, assume your current route is

- Example 1

```
return [
  'controller:search_key:pageTitle'               => 'Search',
  'controller:search_action:index_key:pageTitle'  => 'Search',    // this one!
];
```

- Example 2

```
return [
  'action:index_key:pageTitle'                    => 'Search',
  'pageTitle'                                     => 'Search',    // this one!
];
```

- Example 3

```
return [
  'controller:search_action:result_key:pageTitle' => 'Search',
  'controller:search_action:index_key:pageTitle'  => 'Search',    // this one!
];
```

- Example 4

```
return [
  'controller:search_key:pageTitle'               => 'Search',
  'action:index_key:pageTitle'                    => 'Search',    // this one!
];
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 51% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

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

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**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 ~5 days

Total

5

Last Release

3843d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1981303?v=4)[Matt Skelton](/maintainers/waterloomatt)[@waterloomatt](https://github.com/waterloomatt)

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