Laravel 8 Tutorial - Localization

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about localization in Laravel 8.

Laravel's localization features provide a convenient way to retrieve strings in various languages, allowing you to easily support multiple languages within your application.

Language strings are stored in files within the lang directory inside the resources folder. Within this directory, there should be a subdirectory for each language supported by the application.

So, let's create a language file. Go to the resources folder and open the lang folder. You can see that inside the lang folder, there is an en folder, which is for English.

Here, inside the en folder, create a new file. Let's say the file name is message.php.

Now, inside the message.php file, simply return an array. So, just type here:

<?php 
return [ 
    "welcome"=>"Welcome to the laravel", 
    "language"=>"English"
] 

Now, go back to the lang folder and create another folder. Let's say the folder name is hi, which is for Hindi.

Create a file named message.php inside the hi directory. Inside the message.php file, just return an array, so write the following code:

<?php 
return [ 
    "welcome"=>" laravel में आपका स्वागत है।", 
    "language"=>"हिन्दी"
]

Now, save the file and go to the welcome.blade.php file. Here, just use the language. So, just type here:

{{__('message.welcome')}} 
{{__('message.language')}} 

Now, let's modify the welcome route. So, go to the web.php file:

Route::get(/{locale}', function($locale){
    App::setLocale($locale); 
    return view('welcome'); 
}); 

Now, save all the files and let's check. Switch to the browser and go to the URL /en. You can see the welcome message and language in English.

Now, change the URL to /hi. Now, you can see the message and language are showing in Hindi.

So, in this way, you can use localization in Laravel 8.