abedmaatalla/slim-twig-translation

Twig function for Illuminate\Translation\Translator in Slim framework

Slim Twig Translation

This repository provides a twig extension class for the twig view parser. The class adds a translate helper function for the use in twig templates. The translator function tries to call the trans() function of an Illuminate\Translation\Translator object in the slim DI container., _(*1)

How to install

using Composer

Create a composer.json file in your project root:, _(*2)

{
    "require": {
        "abedmaatalla/slim-twig-translation": "1.0.0"
    }
}

Then run the following composer command:, _(*3)

$ php composer.phar install

How to use

Create new folder for langauges, _(*4)

+ -- lang + -- en + -- file.php + -- fr + -- file.php, _(*5)

Tanslator

Set up your Tansloator, _(*6)

$container['translator'] = function ($c)
{
  // Register the English translator 'en'
  $translator = new Illuminate\Translation\Translator(new Illuminate\Translation\FileLoader(new Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem(), __DIR__ . '/lang'), 'en');
    // setLocal for new location 
    $translator->setLocale('fr');
    return $translator;
};

Slim

Set up your twig views as described in the SlimViews Repository. Add the extension to your parser extensions., _(*7)

$container['view'] = function ($c)
{
  $view = new \Slim\Views\Twig('../resources/views');

  // add translator functions to Twig
  $view->addExtension(new \abedmaatalla\Slim\Twig\Extension\TranslationExtension($c->translator));

}

Twig template

In your twig template you would write:, _(*8)

  {{ translate('male') }}

You can also use the shorthand:, _(*9)

  {{ tans('male') }}

You can also use the shorthand:, _(*10)

  {{ _('male') }}