Add locale and requirements to all routes - Symfony2

Question

I created an application which was not intended to have translations, but now I decided to add this feature. The problem is that all my routes look like this:

Answer 1

Configure symfony for localization:

Add localization to the session(please note that the convention is /locale/action):

goodbye:

    pattern: /{_locale}/goodbye
    defaults: { _controller: AcmeBudgetTrackerBundle:Goodbye:goodbye, _locale: en }
    requirements:
        _locale: en|bg

Alternatively locale can be set manually:

$this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'en_US');

app/config/config.yml

framework:
    translator: { fallback: en }

In your response:

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

public function indexAction()
{
    $translated = $this->get('translator')->trans('Symfony2 is great');

    return new Response($translated);
}

Configure localization messages localized files:

messages.bg

    
        
            
                Symfony2 is great
                Symfony2 е супер
            
            
                symfony2.great
                Symfony2 е супер
            
        
    

messages.fr

    
        
            
                Symfony2 is great
                J'aime Symfony2
            
            
                symfony2.great
                J'aime Symfony2
            
        
    

More on the topic: Official symfony documentation