Laravel 5.8 setLocale globally

Question

I have a route:

    Route::get(\'/setlocale/{locale}\', function($locale) {
            App::setLocale($locale);

            


        

Answer 1

It'll only be set for that current request. You're calling the back() method, which will start a new request/response, and will reset the locale.

You should persist the value to the users session, or cookie, then use a service provider, or middleware to set the locale from the session/cookie.

Route::get('/setlocale/{locale}', function (\Illuminate\Http\Request $request, $locale) {
    $request->session()->put('locale', $locale);
    // or
    session(['locale' => $locale]);

    return back();
});


// Middleware:

public function handle($request, $next) {
    App::setLocale($request->session->get('locale', 'some default locale');

    // or

    App::setLocale(session('locale'));

    return $next($request);
}

Hope that helps.

Helpful links:

• https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/session#storing-data
• https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/middleware