README

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

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

You can install the package via composer:

composer require solutionforest/laravel-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

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

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

$newsItem->getTranslations();

Or you can use the accessor

$yourModel->translations

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

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 which is made specifically for laravel-translatable.

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

public function getTranslations(string $attributeName): array

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

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

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

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

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

Credits

We got the idea to store translations as json in a column from Mohamed Said. Parts of the readme of his multilingual package were used in this readme.

Support us

SolutionForest is a solution house based in Hong Kong.on our website.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

solutionforest / laravel-translatable

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