I just began with symfony
I'm trying to build a multilang website but I have a problem to change the locale
I read some posts and I read the documentation about this but the locale don't change, I try:
public function indexAction()
{
$this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'fr');
$request = $this->getRequest();
$locale = $request->getLocale();
return $this->render('PhoneMainBundle:Default:index.html.twig',array('locale'=>$locale));
}
but the value in $locale is always 'en' (my default locale)
I also try
public function indexAction()
{
$this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'fr');
$request = $this->getRequest();
$request->setLocale('fr');
$locale = $request->getLocale();
return $this->render('PhoneMainBundle:Default:index.html.twig',array('locale'=>$locale));
}
In this case $locale is fr but the translations are always from messages.en.yml
I'd like in a first time to detect the user locale using $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'], maybe using a listner on each page actualisation ?
and after I will create a route to change the locale
But I 'd like to find a way to change the locale.
Thanks for your help
Based on this and this answers.
LanguageListener.php:
<?php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\EventListener;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Event\InteractiveLoginEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
class LanguageListener
{
private $session;
public function setSession(Session $session)
{
$this->session = $session;
}
public function setLocale(GetResponseEvent $event)
{
if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST !== $event->getRequestType()) {
return;
}
$request = $event->getRequest();
$request->setLocale($request->getPreferredLanguage(array('en', 'de')));
}
}
services.yml:
acme.language.kernel_request_listener:
class: Acme\UserBundle\EventListener\LanguageListener
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.request, method: setLocale }
About wrong locale detection in twig, there could be a lot of different causes. Search through the SO, you'll definitely find the answer. Make sure that your '_local' var is defined right, make sure that you put your languages files in the right place, etc. FInally, read again the last version of the documentation: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/translation.html
I however added this to make it more dynamic
services.yml
services:
acme.language.kernel_request_listener:
class: Acme\UserBundle\EventListener\LanguageListener
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.request, method: setLocale }
arguments: [ @router, @service_container ]
LanguageListener.php:
<?php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\EventListener;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Http\Event\InteractiveLoginEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
class LanguageListener
{
private $session;
private $container;
private $router;
public function __construct($router, $container)
{
// ...
$this->router= $router;
$this->container = $container;
}
public function setSession(Session $session)
{
$this->session = $session;
}
public function setLocale(GetResponseEvent $event)
{
if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST !== $event->getRequestType()) {
return;
}
$request = $event->getRequest();
$request->setLocale($request->getPreferredLanguage($this->container->parameters['jms_i18n_routing.locales']));
}
}
Just to be able to get the parameters and values from config.yml.
Regards,
Wick
If for example your default locale is french, except for one controller you want to have the default locale set to english can do that:
routing.yml
desktop_comingsoonpage:
resource: "@RemmelComparabusBundle/Controller/ComingsoonpageController.php"
defaults: { _locale: en }
type: annotation
more info : Symfony doc