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This package is built for laravel with a view to translate any text from source language to destination language using Google Translate.

Installation

Install using composer:

composer require akibtanjim/google-translate

After updating composer, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php

In the providers section add the below line:

  Akib\Translate\GoogleTranslateServiceProvider::class,

add the Alias to aliases section of config/app.php:

  'TranslateText'=>Akib\Translate\Facades\GoogleTranslate::class,

Useage

Create a new directory app/Helper and create a new file named Functions.php there. Then paste the code below

<?php

  function sessionFlush(){
    Session::forget('source');
    Session::forget('target');
  }

  function setTarget($target){
    Session::put('target',$target);
  }

  function setSource($source){
    Session::put('source',$source);
  }

  function translateText($text){
    $src = Session::get('source');
    $target = Session::get('target');
    if($target == '' || $target == null) return $text;
    if($src == '' || $src == null) 
    {
      $src= env('BaseLanguage');
      Session::put('source',env('BaseLanguage'));
    }
    if($src == $target) return $text;
    else{
      $translation=TranslateText::translate($src,$target,$text);
      return $translation;
    }
  }
?>

Open your composer.json file and add the below line of code under autoload section:

        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/",
            "Akib\\Translate\\": "vendor/akibtanjim/google-translate/src"
        },
        "files": [
          "app/Helpers/Functions.php"
        ]

Now open your command promt and run the following comment.

  composer dump-autoload

Example

Open command prompt and wrtie the following command:

  php artisan make:controller ExampleController

Now paste the following code:

  <?php

    namespace App\Http\Controllers;

    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
    use Session;

    class ExampleController extends Controller
    {
        public function index(){
          return view('test');
        }

        public function setTarget(Request $request){
          Session::put('target',$request->target);
          return 1;
        }
    }
  ?>

Now create a view file in the resources/views/test.blade.php and paste the below code:

  Language: 
  <select name="target" class="target">
    <option>Select</option>
    <option value="bn">Bangla</option>
    <option value="en">English</option>
    <option value="zh-CN">Chinese</option>
  </select><br>

  <p>
    {{ translateText("Hello World") }}
  </p>
  <script
    src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"
    integrity="sha256-ZosEbRLbNQzLpnKIkEdrPv7lOy9C27hHQ+Xp8a4MxAQ="
    crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    $('.target').on('change',function(){
          var target = $(this).val();
          $.ajax({
              url:"{{url('/setTarget')}}",
              type:"POST",
              dataType:'json',
              data:{"_token": "{{ csrf_token() }}","target":target},
              success: function(data) {
                location.reload();
              },
              error: function(e) {

              }
          });
      });
  </script>

In your web.php paste the following code.

  Route::get('/demo', 'ExampleController@index');
  Route::post('/setTarget', 'ExampleController@setTarget');
  

Now open your .env file and paste the follwing code:

  BaseLanguage=bn

Open command prompt and run:

  php artisan serve

Open the follwing link in your browser and change the language and see translation in action.

  http://127.0.0.1:8000/demo

Supported Languages and their shortcode

Limitations:

• This package can only translate upto 5000 characters at a time.

Authors

• Akib Tanjim - akibtanjim
• Mohammad Rubab - rubab2020

Acknowledgments

• statickidz/php-google-translate-free