laravel 5.2 setting default locale in app.php does not work

Question

i want to set the default locale to zh-tw from en, i changed the locale='en' to locale='zh-tw' in \config\app.php,

'locale' => 'zh-tw',

but the view is keep using 'resources\lang\en',

i've also tried but all not useful:
added APP_LOCALE in .env=zh-tw
run php artisan cache:clear

Why \config\app.php locale setting has no effect and meanless in laravel?

Except to run setlocale('zh-tw') in every controller or create a middleware to set language, is there any other simplest method to change the default locale in few seconds?

Answer 1

To set the locale and make it work properly you need to do below configurations:

1) First make your locale folder inside \resources\lang\YOUR_LOCALE_NAME.

2) Then add file messages.php or as per your need. which has following structure:

<?php

return array(
    'welcome' => 'Welcome to our application'
);

3) Then go to \config\app.php and set the locale as your LOCALE_FOLDER_NAME.

4) Remember to set fallback_locale in app.php which will be used in case YOUR_LOCALE_NAME is not found.

Answer 2

To modify the hideDefaultLocaleInURL parameter in the config/laravellocalization.php file.

From:

'hideDefaultLocaleInURL' => false

To:

'hideDefaultLocaleInURL' => true

Answer 3

just go to config/app.php and look for locale key and change it whatever you want

Answer 4

To fix this you need to do below instructions:

1. First make your locale folder inside \resources\lang\LOCALE_NAME.

2. Then you have to add files which has following structure:

   <?php return [    
    'reset' => 'Your password has been reset!',
    'sent' => 'We have emailed your password reset link!',
    'throttled' => 'Please wait before retrying.',
    'token' => 'This password reset token is invalid.',
    'user' => "We can't find a user with that email address.",];
   

3. Then you have to go to \config\app.php and set locale as your LOCALE_FOLDER_NAME.

   'locale' => 'LOCALE_NAME',

4. After this you have to clear your config cache. Go to your terminal and paste this code to clear it.

   php artisan config:cache

*Note: Some times you could get an error like this:

Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException 

  Target class [view.engine.resolver] does not exist.

Just run the following code in the root of your application in your system terminal.

composer dump-autoload

Answer 5

1. run php artisan config:cache command in your root directory of the laravel project
2. check if it works fine
3. go to /bootstrap/cache address to find config.php and delete it if exists