@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());
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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.
@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());
@jrean tested it again. it doesn't change locale value. I still get 'en'
@Mithridates can you clear you cache:
php artisan cache:clear
@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.
@jrean nope, dd(App::getLocale()) returns 'en'. tried cache:clear but didn't change. :(
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',
Also, can you just clear you browser cache, close it and restart it?
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 cleared cache of browser too
@Mithridates can you just set the locale fallback as 'ar' and run the dd(App::getLocale()) again?
'fallback_locale' => 'ar',
same problem.. up i've changed to pt and even tho i can dd and it says 'pt' messages still show in english
app/laravellocalization.php
change like this
'useAcceptLanguageHeader' => false,
i can't find the desired file app/laravellocalization.php??
@renjith he is mean config/laravellocalization.php
@elzuheiry check the date of the question.....
you still didn't solve it ?? I have the same issue as well
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.
I've found the answer but this explanation is in indonesian
https://www.adiputra.web.id/membuat-tanggal-carbon-menjadi-tanggal-indonesia-di-laravel/
Hoping this article can help you guys! Cheers..
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');
@khakan Thanks dear, this solved my issue
The solution is to change your :
locale' => 'en',
by
locale' => 'ar', // or your lang
Are you for real? You didn't even read the question.
@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 !
Just run
php artisan config:clear
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