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https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-i18n
A CakePHP plugin with I18n related tools.
https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-i18n
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A CakePHP plugin with I18n related tools.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ADmad/cakephp-i18n
- Owner: ADmad
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-11-08T11:42:23.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-29T06:08:57.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-03-24T08:01:57.620Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: cakephp, cakephp-plugin, i18n, php, translation
- Language: PHP
- Homepage:
- Size: 206 KB
- Stars: 42
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 15
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
# CakePHP plugin for I18n related tools.
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# Intro
This plugins provides:
- Route class for generating and matching urls with language prefix.
- Middleware which sets locale using `I18n::setLocale()`
based on language prefix in URL and also provides redirection to appropriate
URL with language prefix when accessing site root.
- Class for retrieving translation messages stored in database instead of po/mo files.
- Validation class for auto translating validation message.
- A widget to generate select box with list of timezone identifiers.
## Installation
```
composer require admad/cakephp-i18n
```
## Usage
Load the plugin by running command:
```
bin/cake plugin load ADmad/I18n
```
The plugin contains multiple classes useful for internationalization. You can pick
and chose the ones you require.
### I18nRoute
The `I18nRoutes` helps generating language prefixed routes of style
`/{lang}/{controller}/{action}`.
For e.g. you can add routes to your `routes.php` similar to the ones shown below:
```php
$routes->scope('/', function ($routes) {
$routes->connect(
'/{controller}',
['action' => 'index'],
['routeClass' => 'ADmad/I18n.I18nRoute']
);
$routes->connect(
'/{controller}/{action}/*',
[],
['routeClass' => 'ADmad/I18n.I18nRoute']
);
});
```
Fragment `/{lang}` will be auto prefixed to the routes which allows matching
URLs like `/en/posts`, `/en/posts/add` etc. The `lang` element is persisted so
that when generating URLs if you don't provide the `lang` key in URL array it
will be automatically added based on current URL.
When connecting the routes you can use `lang` key in options to provide regular
expression to match only languages which your app supports. Or your can set
config value `I18n.languages` which the route class will use to auto generate
regex for `lang` element matching:
```php
Configure::write('I18n.languages', ['en', 'fr', 'de']);
```
Note: `I18nRoute` extends core's `DashedRoute` so the URL fragments will be
inflected accordingly.
### I18nMiddleware
While not necessary, one would generally use the `I18nMiddleware` too when using
language prefixed routes with the help of `I18nRoute`.
You can setup the `I18nMiddleware` in your `src/Application::middleware()` as
shown:
```php
$middlware->add(new \ADmad\I18n\Middleware\I18nMiddleware([
// If `true` will attempt to get matching languges in "languages" list based
// on browser locale and redirect to that when going to site root.
'detectLanguage' => true,
// Default language for app. If language detection is disabled or no
// matching language is found redirect to this language
'defaultLanguage' => 'en',
// Languages available in app. The keys should match the language prefix used
// in URLs. Based on the language the locale will be also set.
'languages' => [
'en' => ['locale' => 'en_US'],
'fr' => ['locale' => 'fr_FR']
],
]));
```
The keys of `languages` array are the language prefixes you use in your URL.
To ensure that the `lang` router param is available, you must add this middleware
*after* adding CakePHP's default routing middleware (i.e. after `->add(new RoutingMiddleware($this))`).
The middleware does basically two things:
1. When accessing site root `/` it redirects the user to a language prefixed URL,
for e.g. `/en`. The langauge is redirects to depends on the configuration keys
`detectLanguage` and `defaultLanguage` shown above.
Now in order to prevent CakePHP from complaining about missing route for `/`,
you must connect a route for `/` to a controller action. That controller action
will never be actually called as the middleware will intercept and redirect
the request.
For e.g. `$routes->connect('/', ['controller' => 'Foo']);`
2. When accesing any URL with language prefix it set's the app's locale based
on the prefix. For that it checks the value of `lang` route element in current
request's params. This route element would be available if the matched route
has been connects using the `I18nRoute`.
Using the array provided for the `languages` key it sets the `App.language`
config to language prefix through `Configure::write()` and the value of `locale`
is for `I18n::setLocale()` call.
### DbMessagesLoader
By default CakePHP using `.po` files to store static string translations. If
for whatever reason you don't want to use `.po` files you can use the `DbMessagesLoader`
class to store the translation messaged in database instead. Personally I belive
having the messages in a table instead of `.po` files make it much easier to
make a web interface for managing translations.
To use this class first create database table using sql file provided in the
plugin's `config` folder.
Add code similar to what's shown below in your app's `config/bootstrap.php`:
```php
// NOTE: This is should be done below Cache config setup.
// Configure I18n to use DbMessagesLoader for default domain. You need to do
// this for each domain separately.
\Cake\I18n\I18n::config('default', function ($domain, $locale) {
$loader = new \ADmad\I18n\I18n\DbMessagesLoader(
$domain,
$locale
);
return $loader();
});
```
You can use `admad/i18n extract` command to extract the translation message from your
code files and populate the translations table. Updating the db records with
translations for each language is upto you.
```
bin/cake admad/i18n extract
```
Now you can use the translation funtions like `__()` etc. as you normally would.
The `I18n` class will fetch the required translations from the database instead
of `.po` files.
### TimezoneWidget
In your `AppView::initialize()` configure the `FormHelper` to use `TimezoneWidget`.
```php
// src/View/AppView.php
public function initialize(): void
{
$this->loadHelper('Form', [
'widgets' => [
'timezone' => ['ADmad/I18n.Timezone']
]
]);
}
```
You can generate a select box with timezone identifiers like:
```php
// Generates select box with list of all timezone identifiers grouped by regions.
$this->Form->control('fieldname', ['type' => 'timezone']);
// Generates select box with list of timezone identifiers for specified regions.
$this->Form->control('fieldname', [
'type' => 'timezone',
'options' => [
'Asia' => DateTimeZone::ASIA,
'Europe' => DateTimeZone::EUROPE
]
]);
```
As shown in example above note that unlike normal select box, `options` is now
an associative array of valid timezone regions where the key will be used as
`optgroup` in the select box.