README

Laravel AutoTranslate is a package that automates the process of collecting translation keys throughout your Laravel project and organizing them into the appropriate translation files. This tool simplifies multilingual development by ensuring that all translation keys are efficiently managed and up-to-date.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require ahmedessam/laravel-autotranslate

Usage

Step 1: Publish Translation Files

Before running the AutoTranslate command, you must publish the translation files using Laravel's built-in command:

php artisan lang:publish

This will create the necessary language files in your lang directory.

Step 2: Synchronize Translation Keys

Once the translation files are published, you can run the AutoTranslate command to automatically collect and organize translation keys:

php artisan sync:translations

This command will scan your entire Laravel project for translation keys and ensure they are properly placed in the corresponding translation files.

Configuration

The AutoTranslate package provides a configuration file that allows you to customize the behavior of the translation synchronization process. You can publish the configuration file using the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=autotranslate-config

This will create a config file named autotranslate.php in your config directory. The configuration file contains the following options:

• reset_patterns: If set to true, only your extra patterns will be used. If set to false, both the default and extra patterns will be used.
• patterns: An array of extra patterns to search for translation keys in PHP files. You can add your own patterns to capture translation keys in different formats.

Custom Patterns

You can define custom patterns to search for translation keys in PHP files. To add a custom pattern, simply add it to the patterns array in the autotranslate.php configuration file. Each pattern should be a regular expression that captures the translation key.

Here is an example of adding a custom pattern to capture translation keys in the format trans('key'):

'patterns' => [
    '/trans\([\'\"](.*?)[\'\"]\)/',
],

This pattern will capture translation keys in the format trans('key') and extract the key value.

Custom Directories

By default, the AutoTranslate package scans the default Laravel directories for translation keys. If you have additional directories that contain translation keys, you can specify them in the directories array in the autotranslate.php configuration file.

Here is an example of adding a custom directory to search for translation keys:

'directories' => [
    'custom_directory',
],

This will include the custom_directory in the search for translation keys and remove the default Laravel directories.

Directories to save translations

By default, the AutoTranslate package saves the translation keys in the resources/lang directory. If you want to save the translation keys in a different directory, you can specify the directory in the default_directory option in the autotranslate.php configuration file.

Here is an example of saving the translation keys in a custom directory named custom_lang:

'default_directory' => 'custom_lang',

This will save the translation keys in the custom_lang directory instead of the default lang directory.

Features

Translation Key Extraction

The AutoTranslate package scans your Laravel project for translation keys and extracts them from various sources, including:

• Blade templates
• PHP files

The package identifies translation keys based on the Laravel __(), trans() helper functions and Blade @lang directive.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 10.0 or higher
• Composer

License

The Laravel AutoTranslate package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Author

• Ahmed Essam
  • GitHub Profile
  • Packagist
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Issues

If you find any issues with the package or have any questions, please feel free to open an issue on the GitHub repository.

Enjoy building your multilingual applications with Laravel AutoTranslate!