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A simple multilingual package for Laravel to manage translations easily using JSON language files.

📦 Installation

You can install this package directly from GitHub.

1. Add the repository to your

composer.json:

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "git",
        "url": "https://github.com/miladul/laravel-multilang.git"
    }
]

2. Require the package using Composer:

composer require miladul/laravel-multilang:dev-main

3. Publish the configuration and language files:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=multilang

This will create the default language files in resources/lang.

🌐 Language Files

Language files are stored as JSON files in resources/lang. like:

resources/lang/
├── en.json      # English
├── bn.json      # Bengali
├── cn.json      # Chinese
└── in.json      # Hindi/India

Example en.json:

{
    "welcome": "Welcome to our website",
    "goodbye": "Goodbye"
}

Example bn.json

{
    "welcome": "আমাদের ওয়েবসাইটে স্বাগতম",
    "goodbye": "বিদায়!"
}

🚀 Usage

Using the mlang helper function:

echo mlang('welcome'); // Outputs translation based on current locale

Using Laravel’s standard __ helper function:

<p>{{ __('goodbye') }}</p>

Both methods work the same way. mlang() is just a shortcut for convenience.

🌍 Changing Locale

app()->setLocale('en') // Switch to English
app()->setLocale('bn')  // Switch to Bengali
app()->setLocale('cn')  // Switch to Chinese
app()->setLocale('in')  // Switch to Hindi/India

✏️ Adding or Updating Translations

1. Open the language JSON file for the desired locale, e.g., resources/lang/bn.json.
2. Add new key-value pairs or update existing ones.
3. you can add new file that must be match with your locale. eg: ar.json for arabic language
4. Run php artisan config:clear to clear the configuration cache.

Example: bn.json

{
    "welcome": "আমাদের ওয়েবসাইটে স্বাগতম",
    "goodbye": "বিদায়!",
    "contact_us": "যোগাযোগ করুন" //new one
}

📝 Summary

1. Install via Composer from GitHub.
2. Publish language files with php artisan vendor:publish --tag=multilang.
3. Use mlang('key') or __('key') to get translations.
4. Manage translations via JSON files in resources/lang.
5. Dynamically switch locale using App::setLocale('locale').