I have Yii2 advanced template, I want to set translation for my frontend views, here is what I did:
frontend/config/main.php:
'sourceLanguage'=>'en-US',
'language'=>'en-US',
'components' => [
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'app*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '@common/messages',
'sourceLanguage' => 'en-US',
'fileMap' => [
'app' => 'app.php',
'app/error' => 'error.php',
],
],
],
],
]
then I added i18n.php
in common/config:
<?php
return [
'sourcePath' => __DIR__. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
'languages' => ['fr-FR','en-US'], //Add languages to the array for the language files to be generated.
'translator' => 'Yii::t',
'sort' => false,
'removeUnused' => false,
'only' => ['*.php'],
'except' => [
'.svn',
'.git',
'.gitignore',
'.gitkeep',
'.hgignore',
'.hgkeep',
'/messages',
'/vendor',
],
'format' => 'php',
'messagePath' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'messages',
'overwrite' => true,
];
and the common/messages/en-US/app.php:
<?php
return[
// Menu texts
'menu.login'=>'login',
];
and I used it in the views as : Yii::t('app', 'menu.login');
but the translation didn't work, it displayed as menu.login
You Just Follow This Steps......
Step 1: In the common
directory , create messages
folder.
Step 2: Create i18n.php
file inside common/config
directory with following content:
<?php
return [
'sourcePath' => __DIR__. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
'languages' => ['en-EN', 'ru-RU'], //Add languages to the array for the language files to be generated, here are English and Russian.
'translator' => 'Yii::t',
'sort' => false,
'removeUnused' => false,
'only' => ['*.php'],
'except' => [
'.svn',
'.git',
'.gitignore',
'.gitkeep',
'.hgignore',
'.hgkeep',
'/messages',
'/vendor',
],
'format' => 'php',
'messagePath' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'messages', //path of messages folder created above
'overwrite' => true,
];
Note: Make sure to add all required languages to 'languages' array. In the above example I have added English and Russian for Generate Yii2 Framework multi language.
Step 3: Add the i18n
component in config
file common/main.php
configuration as follows:
'components' => [
...
'i18n' => [
'translations' => [
'frontend*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '@common/messages',
],
'backend*' => [
'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
'basePath' => '@common/messages',
],
],
],
...
],
Step 4:
Add the language module in common config file to use the default language on your app, such as:
'language' => 'en-EN'
inside common/main.php
.
You now can use Yii::$app->language = ‘en-EN’
at any runtime like URL request, query code.
Note: In any Model, Controller Generate by Gii, you can see Enable I18n ticket choice, just enable this for Multi language. Gii Tool will auto generate a Model has pre-defined as below, due to frontent
or backend
folder:
Yii::t('frontend', 'Translatable String');
Yii::t('backend', 'Translatable String');
Step 5: Run this command line from Yii2 app folder:
yii message/extract @common/config/i18n.php
This command line will Generate Yii2 Framework multi language translation files inside common/messages
and divide into frontend
and backend
folder.
For example: Yii message will generate the translation files as follows:
common/
.....
messages/
en-EN/
backend.php
frontend.php
ru-RU/
backend.php
frontend.php
.....
If you want to edit the translate text, just open backend.php
or frontend.php
file and edit.
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With