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Multi-Language Laravel 11: All You Need to Know

Language Switcher from URL

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Summary of this lesson:
- Configure available locales in app configuration
- Create SetLocale middleware to handle language switching
- Modify routes to include locale segment
- Add language selector to navigation views
- Handle redirects and authentication with locales

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Adding a language selector is crucial to any multilingual application. In this practical example, we'll add a language selector to our navigation bar:

In this first example, we will define the language from the URL segment, like /en/about or /es/register.

Setup

Here's our plan to set up a language selector:

  • Configuration: add a language list to the config - this will be used to display the language selector
  • Middleware: Add a Middleware to handle language change and URL redirection
  • Routes: Modify Routes to use the Middleware
  • Views: Add a language selector to our Views
  • Redirects: Modify our redirects for authentication

Let's start with the configuration:...

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