Laravel 5.2- How to add prefix to existing url() helper function?

Question

I use localization functionality in my web application. But I want to add App::getLocale() to url(). So for example, in my view when I add <a href="{{url('/admin')}}">link</a> I want to display the URL in HTML as http://localhost/mysite/en/admin. How can I do it?

Can I customize built-in URL helper function?

Answer 1

In Laravel 5.4, use the following

{{ url('Your_Prefix', 'login') }}

url just formats the whole path to the requested address, you can add whatever you want in it.

Answer 2

url() method doesn't allow that, as it generates URL for the exact value that you provide as first argument. However it's possible to achieve what you need if you switched to route() method and defined a prefix for your routes.

// define a route group with a prefix in routes.php
Route::group(['prefix' => App::getLocale()], function() {
  Route::get('admin', ['as' => 'admin', 'uses' => 'AdminController@action']);
});

// generate prefixed URL
echo route('admin');

If your locale is en, then the above line should give you a URL like /en/admin