Is it possible to put an optional parameter before a required one?
I am trying to create a multilingual web application using laravel 5, if the user didnt specify the language in URL, the default language is used:
http://localhost/localizationtest/public/es/test/4
how can i make this URL works: http://localhost/localizationtest/public/test/4
my routes.php:
Route::group(array('prefix' => '{lang?}/test'), function($lang = null)
{
Route::get('{id}', function($lang = null, $id) {
App::setlocale($lang);
return view('lang_test')->with('id', $id);
});
});
one more question: is it possible to put the id this way: /test4 instead of /test/4 ?
Why don't you declare an explicit route for it?
Route::get('/test/{id}', function($id) {
App::setlocale('es');
return view('lang_test')->with('id', $id);
});
To answer your other question - yes you can change the wildcard so that its that way. (remove the '/').
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I am trying to use Laravel 4 method called Route:input("users"). But I am getting following error
Call to undefined method Illuminate\Routing\Router::input()
Any idea how Route::input() works. Is there any file I need to change.
Thanks all
Route::filter('userFilter', function () {
if (Route::input('name') == 'John') {
return 'Welcome John.';
}
});
Route::get('user/{name}', array(
'before' => 'userFilter',
function ($name) {
return 'Hello, you are not John.';
}));
It looks as though Route::input was added in Laravel 4.1, make sure this is the version you are working with if you need to use this functionality.
I assume you've read the docs, but since you asked how it works, here's the example:
Accessing A Route Parameter Value
If you need to access a route parameter value outside of a route, you may use the Route::input method:
Route::filter('foo', function()
{
// Do something with Route::input('users');
});
I have 2 versions of a site. One is located in the root URL of the site and one is using a route prefix. They use the same resources but provide different links when accessed from the prefixed route:
Route::get('/', function(){
View::share('outgoing_url','something.com');
//regular links here
});
and a few more of the above pointing to different routes or
Route::group(array('prefix'=>'tour'), function(){
View::share('outgoing_url','somethingelse.com');
//different links here
});
View::share doesn't work since it uses whatever is assigned last so I am trying to find a solution for this problem.
Also, when I use HTML::link() in the views that go through the prefix, everything still points to the root URI of the site instead of the 'tour' prefix. Is there any way to differentiate between the two? Right now I am stuck with this problem and the only solution seems to be to make identical copies of the views and controllers responding to the routes. But that approach seems stupid to say the least.
I hope I explained the problem understandably.
HTML Macro:
<?php
HTML::macro('myLink', function($url, $title = null, $attributes = array(), $secure = null)
{
if (Request::segment(1) === 'tour')
{
$url = 'tour/'.$url;
}
return HTML::link($url, $title, $attributes, $secure);
});
?>
Usage:
HTML::myLink(...);
Just use a before filter - and set it that way
App::before(function($request)
{
if (Request::segment(1) === 'tour')
{
View::share('outgoing_url','tour.com');
}
else
{
View::share('outgoing_url','other.com');
}
});
My code in laravel to handle multiple language is:
$languages = array('it-IT','en-GB','fr-FR');
$lingua = Request::segment(1);
if(in_array($lingua, $languages)){
\App::setLocale($lingua);
}else{
$lingua = 'it-IT';
}
Route::group(array('prefix' => $lingua), function()
{
Route::get('/', array('as' => 'home', 'uses' => 'ItemController#menu'));
Route::get('/{idcampo}','ItemController#show');
});
How can i:
1)Make the page start always with it-IT as default. (i need it because I use $lingua to fetch from a database) so i can't have that null. Should I use a redirect::to / to /it-IT?
2) change url and language(app:locale) on he fly with a link in the upper section of every pages. withouth returning to the home.
3) to link pages I learn to use:
URL::route('home')
but how to do it when the link change with the entry of a database (for example my link is {{ URL::to($lingua. '/'. $campo[1].'/') }}) I need to use
URL::action('ItemController#show', ($lingua. '/'. $campo[1].'/'))
EDIT:
OK at the top of my pages there is a link to change language on the fly.
Italian //
English //
French
I create a controller clled LanguageController
<?php
class LanguageController extends BaseController {
public function select($lingua)
{
// Store the current language in the session
Session::put('lingua', $lingua);
return Redirect::back(); // redirect to the same page, nothing changes, just the language
}
}
I create a route:
Route::get('lingua/{lingua}', 'LanguageController#select');
Route::get('/', array('as' => 'home', 'uses' => 'ItemController#menu'));
Route::get('/mondo/','ItemController#mondo');
Route::get('/{idcampo}','ItemController#show');
I have my ItemController#menu
public function menu()
{ $linguadefault='it-IT';
$lingua = Session::get('lingua',$linguadefault);
$data = DB::table('campo')->lists('id');
return View::make('index')->with('campo',$data)->with('lingua',$lingua);
}
1) I don't understand why i need to route at lingua/{lingua} if i never route there but i use a url:action to a controller directly.
2) now i need to add
$linguadefault='it-IT';
$lingua = Session::get('lingua',$linguadefault);
at the beginning of every function to have a lingua variable in my page right?
3) now my language seems stucked to french and i can't change it anymore.
I would not use the language in the URL all the time, you can just switch languages when you need and persist it:
1) Use Session to persist the language chosen:
// Set the default language to the current user language
// If user is not logged, defaults to Italian
$linguaDefault = Auth::check()
? Auth::user()->lingua
: 'it-IT';
/// If not stored in Session, current language will be the default one
\App::setLocale(Session::get('lingua', $linguaDefault));
To have the language always set in your application, you can put this code in your file
app/start/global.php
And you don't need to add this anywhere else. So it will use it in this order:
a) Language stored in Session (selected online)
b) Language user has in database
c) Italian
2) To change the language you create a route:
Route::get('lingua/{lang}', 'LanguageController#select');
Your links
URL::action('LanguageController#select', 'it-IT')
URL::action('LanguageController#select', 'en-GB')
URL::action('LanguageController#select', 'fr-FR');
And in your controller you just have to do:
public function select($lang)
{
// Store the current language in the session
Session::put('lingua', $lang);
return Redirect::back(); // redirect to the same page, nothing changes, just the language
}
3) This way you don't need your language in all your URLs, you don't have to deal with it in all your routes. If your user changes the language in database, you just:
$user->save();
Session::put('lingua', $user->lingua);
return Redirect::route('home'); // or anything else
I'm trying to set up sub-domain based routing in Laravel 4 and I've hit a bit of an annoyance...
My route group looks like this:
Route::group(array('domain' => '{company}.domain.com'), function() {
// ...
});
Which seems to work fine, however, I need to specify the company parameter for every route/url I generate. I.e:
{{ HTML::linkRoute('logout', 'Logout', ['company' => Input::get('company')]) }}
Is there any way to specify the company parameter as static/global, so it is automatically added to any links I specify, unless otherwise overwritten/removed?
Unfortunately, no (I haven't seen any evidence in the router or HTMLBuilder that you can). You could, however, make an HTML macro... Example:
HTML::macro('lr', function($link, $title) {
$company = !empty(Input::get('company')) ? Input::get('company') : "";
return HTML::linkRoute($link, $title, ['company' => $company]);
});
Then call it - instead of HTML::linkRoute, use HTML::lr('logout', 'Logout')
Just an idea.
I'm trying to implement a multilanguage laravel 4 website, with language code in the url ( mywebsite.com/en/home and mywebsite.com/de/home )
I've seen a couple of options like filtering all requests and checking if the first param is one of the language code.
I've also check on packagist but haven't find something that already do tee job.
Is there a better way to implement it?
Thank you
Finally, I've create a config variable in config/app.php
'available_language' => array('en', 'fr', 'es'),
In filters.php I detect the browser language:
Route::filter('detectLang', function($lang = "auto")
{
if($lang != "auto" && in_array($lang , Config::get('app.available_language')))
{
Config::set('app.locale', $lang);
}else{
$browser_lang = !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']) ? strtok(strip_tags($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']), ',') : '';
$browser_lang = substr($browser_lang, 0,2);
$userLang = (in_array($browser_lang, Config::get('app.available_language'))) ? $browser_lang : Config::get('app.locale');
Config::set('app.locale', $userLang);
}
});
and then in routes.php I can either detect the language or force it:
Route::get('/', array(
'before' => 'detectLang()', // auto-detect language
function(){
...
})
);
or
Route::get('/', array(
'before' => 'detectLang("fr")', // force language to "fe"
function(){
...
})
);
You could set a language variable in the user session.
Then use a 'before' filter, and view that variable, and log the correct language file.
If there is no variable set - then use a default (perhaps based upon their IP location).