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Mithridates's avatar

Can't change app default language

After a lot of struggling I coudln't change app's default language.
What I have done: change locale attribute in config/app.php to:

'locale' => 'ar',

provide a directory ar in resources/lang/ with all php files localized.
But I get form validation sentences all in english. I've checked validation.php in ar directory they are not in engligh.

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jrean's avatar

@Mithridates do you use a "special" package for managing your forms?

Because you did it right: resources/lang/xx/validation.php

Did you check the local is right "ar" when running the page? Try: dd(App::getLocale());

Mithridates's avatar

@jrean I just copied my desired dir from here and pasted it in.
yeah dd(App::getLocale()) returns 'ar'
really stuck

jrean's avatar

@Mithridates

@jrean tested it again. it doesn't change locale value. I still get 'en'

You mean when you do dd(App::getLocale()) it returns 'ar' but when you use your form the errors are displayed in english 'en'?

Try to clear your cache.

Mithridates's avatar

@jrean nope, dd(App::getLocale()) returns 'en'. tried cache:clear but didn't change. :(

jrean's avatar

If dd(App::getLocale()) returns 'en' it is logical your form error messages are en english!

Please copy paste the following of your config/app.php file.

You are using Laravel 4 or 5?

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Locale Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The application locale determines the default locale that will be used
    | by the translation service provider. You are free to set this value
    | to any of the locales which will be supported by the application.
    |
    */

    'locale' => 'en',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Fallback Locale
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The fallback locale determines the locale to use when the current one
    | is not available. You may change the value to correspond to any of
    | the language folders that are provided through your application.
    |
    */

    'fallback_locale' => 'en',
jrean's avatar

Also, can you just clear you browser cache, close it and restart it?

Mithridates's avatar

my app.php:

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Debug Mode
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When your application is in debug mode, detailed error messages with
    | stack traces will be shown on every error that occurs within your
    | application. If disabled, a simple generic error page is shown.
    |
    */

    'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', false),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application URL
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This URL is used by the console to properly generate URLs when using
    | the Artisan command line tool. You should set this to the root of
    | your application so that it is used when running Artisan tasks.
    |
    */

    'url' => 'http://localhost',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Timezone
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may specify the default timezone for your application, which
    | will be used by the PHP date and date-time functions. We have gone
    | ahead and set this to a sensible default for you out of the box.
    |
    */

    'timezone' => 'UTC',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Locale Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The application locale determines the default locale that will be used
    | by the translation service provider. You are free to set this value
    | to any of the locales which will be supported by the application.
    |
    */

    'locale' => 'ar',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Application Fallback Locale
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The fallback locale determines the locale to use when the current one
    | is not available. You may change the value to correspond to any of
    | the language folders that are provided through your application.
    |
    */

    'fallback_locale' => 'en',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Encryption Key
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This key is used by the Illuminate encrypter service and should be set
    | to a random, 32 character string, otherwise these encrypted strings
    | will not be safe. Please do this before deploying an application!
    |
    */

    'key' => env('APP_KEY', 'SomeRandomString'),

    'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Logging Configuration
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may configure the log settings for your application. Out of
    | the box, Laravel uses the Monolog PHP logging library. This gives
    | you a variety of powerful log handlers / formatters to utilize.
    |
    | Available Settings: "single", "daily", "syslog", "errorlog"
    |
    */

    'log' => 'single',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Autoloaded Service Providers
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The service providers listed here will be automatically loaded on the
    | request to your application. Feel free to add your own services to
    | this array to grant expanded functionality to your applications.
    |
    */

    'providers' => [

        /*
         * Laravel Framework Service Providers...
         */
        Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ArtisanServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Bus\BusServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Cache\CacheServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ConsoleSupportServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Routing\ControllerServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Cookie\CookieServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Database\DatabaseServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Filesystem\FilesystemServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\FoundationServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Hashing\HashServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Mail\MailServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Pagination\PaginationServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Pipeline\PipelineServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Queue\QueueServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Redis\RedisServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\PasswordResetServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Validation\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,
        Illuminate\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,


        /*
         * Application Service Providers...
         */
        App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
        Cviebrock\EloquentSluggable\SluggableServiceProvider::class,
        Zizaco\Entrust\EntrustServiceProvider::class,
        Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
        App\Providers\DatabaseServiceProvider::class
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Class Aliases
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This array of class aliases will be registered when this application
    | is started. However, feel free to register as many as you wish as
    | the aliases are "lazy" loaded so they don't hinder performance.
    |
    */

    'aliases' => [

        'App' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
        'Artisan' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
        'Auth' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth::class,
        'Blade' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade::class,
        'Bus' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::class,
        'Cache' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache::class,
        'Config' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config::class,
        'Cookie' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie::class,
        'Crypt' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt::class,
        'DB' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::class,
        'Eloquent' => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class,
        'Event' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event::class,
        'File' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::class,
        'Hash' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash::class,
        'Input' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input::class,
        'Inspiring' => Illuminate\Foundation\Inspiring::class,
        'Lang' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang::class,
        'Log' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log::class,
        'Mail' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail::class,
        'Password' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password::class,
        'Queue' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue::class,
        'Redirect' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect::class,
        'Redis' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis::class,
        'Request' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::class,
        'Response' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response::class,
        'Route' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::class,
        'Schema' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::class,
        'Session' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session::class,
        'Storage' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::class,
        'URL' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL::class,
        'Validator' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator::class,
        'View' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,
        'Form' => Illuminate\Html\FormFacade::class,
        'HTML' => Illuminate\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
        'Entrust' => Zizaco\Entrust\EntrustFacade::class,
        'Image' => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class
    ],

];

jrean's avatar

@Mithridates can you just set the locale fallback as 'ar' and run the dd(App::getLocale()) again?

'fallback_locale' => 'ar',
spec11's avatar

same problem.. up i've changed to pt and even tho i can dd and it says 'pt' messages still show in english

khakan's avatar

app/laravellocalization.php

change like this

'useAcceptLanguageHeader' => false,

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renjith's avatar

i can't find the desired file app/laravellocalization.php??

eid52's avatar

you still didn't solve it ?? I have the same issue as well

laramark's avatar

This appears to be a common issue and I cannot find a solution either. For some reason it simply won't change, whatever and wherever I reset my language config, Laravel or PHP.

cesjam7's avatar

I tried all the points mentioned above but none worked.

The way I could finally fix it was by modifying the file:

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

Replacing the language shown at the end with the one they want. In my case it is

\App::setLocale('es');

AxelParis's avatar

The solution is to change your :

locale' => 'en',

by

locale' => 'ar', // or your lang
xeisu's avatar

Are you for real? You didn't even read the question.

Snapey's avatar

@axelparis after 4 years, you post the exact same code that the OP posted in their question... the thing they could not get to work !

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