Laravel Translations

A simple and elegant Laravel package for managing translations across multiple languages with database storage and caching.

Requirements

This package requires:

• Laravel 10+
• PHP 8.1+
• rdcstarr/laravel-languages - for language management

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require rdcstarr/laravel-translations

Automatic Installation (Recommended)

Run the install command to publish and run the migrations:

php artisan translations:install

Manual Installation

Alternatively, you can install manually:

1. Publish the migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=translations-migrations

1. Run the migrations:

php artisan migrate

Usage

Using the Helper Function

The package provides a convenient translations() helper function:

// Get a translation for the current language
translations('welcome'); // Returns the translation value

// Get a translation with a default value
translations('welcome', 'Welcome!');

// Get a translation for a specific language
translations('welcome', languageCode: 'ro'); // Returns Romanian translation
translations('greeting', 'Hello', 'de'); // Returns German translation with default

// Access the service directly
translations()->all(); // Get all translations for current language
translations()->has('welcome'); // Check if translation exists
translations()->set('new_key', 'New value'); // Set a translation

Using the Facade

use Rdcstarr\Translations\Facades\Translations;

// Get a translation
Translations::get('welcome');
Translations::get('greeting', 'Hello');

// Set a translation
Translations::set('welcome', 'Welcome!');
Translations::setMany([
    'hello' => 'Hello',
    'goodbye' => 'Goodbye',
]);

// Check if exists
Translations::has('welcome');

// Delete a translation
Translations::delete('old_key');

// Get all translations
Translations::all();

Using Dependency Injection

use Rdcstarr\Translations\TranslationsService;

class MyController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(
        protected TranslationsService $translations
    ) {}

    public function index()
    {
        $welcome = $this->translations->get('welcome');

        // The service uses the current app locale by default
        // For a different language, create a new instance:
        $service = new TranslationsService('ro');
        $welcome = $service->get('welcome');
    }
}

Artisan Commands

The package includes several artisan commands for managing translations:

List Translations

# List all translations for current language
php artisan translations:list

# List translations for a specific language
php artisan translations:list ro

Get Translation

# Get a translation for current language
php artisan translations:get welcome

# Get a translation for a specific language
php artisan translations:get welcome --language=ro

Set Translation

# Set a translation for current language
php artisan translations:set welcome "Welcome to our app"

# Set a translation for a specific language
php artisan translations:set welcome "Bun venit" --language=ro

Delete Translation

# Delete a translation (with confirmation)
php artisan translations:delete old_key

# Delete for a specific language
php artisan translations:delete old_key --language=ro

# Skip confirmation
php artisan translations:delete old_key --force

Clear Cache

# Clear cache for current language
php artisan translations:clear-cache

# Clear cache for a specific language
php artisan translations:clear-cache --language=ro

# Clear cache for all languages
php artisan translations:clear-cache --all

# Skip confirmation
php artisan translations:clear-cache --all --force

API Reference

TranslationsService

all(): Collection

Get all translations for the current language as a key-value collection.

get(string $key, mixed $default = false): mixed

Get a translation value by key. Returns the default value if the key doesn't exist.

set(string $key, mixed $value = null): bool

Set or update a translation value. Returns true if successful.

setMany(array $translations): bool

Set multiple translations at once. Returns true if successful.

has(string $key): bool

Check if a translation key exists.

delete(string $key): bool

Delete a translation by key. Returns true if successful.

flushCache(): bool

Clear the cache for the current language. Returns true if successful.

flushAllCache(): bool (static)

Clear the cache for all languages. Returns true if successful.

Testing

composer test

📖 Resources

• Changelog for more information on what has changed recently. ✍️

👥 Credits

• Rdcstarr 🙌

📜 License

• License for more information. ⚖️