Zend framework 2 : How to set locale globaly? - zend-framework

Question

I have to change the locale dynamically depending which language the user wants.
I can set the locale in the Application/Module.php like this :
public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{
$translator = $e->getApplication()->getServiceManager()->get('translator');
$translator->setLocale('hu_HU');
}
But, how can I do this in the controller, if I want to change languages ? I tried this, but after this I can change the locale only for this one request and not global.
$translator = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('translator');
$translator->setLocale('srb_SRB');

Answer 1

Set up the default locale at configuration level! See #61 of module.config.php from ZendSkeletonApplications Application Module
'translator' => array(
'locale' => 'en_US',
)

Answer 2

I had the same issue. In my user login module, I registered for MvcEvent on bootstrap:
use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\Session\SessionManager;
use Zend\Session\Container as SessionContainer;
use \Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorInterface;
...
public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $event)
{
// Get event manager.
$eventManager = $event->getApplication()->getEventManager();
$sharedEventManager = $eventManager->getSharedManager();
// Register the event listener method.
$sharedEventManager->attach(AbstractActionController::class,
MvcEvent::EVENT_DISPATCH, [$this, 'onDispatch'], 100);
}
Then when that event comes, I set the locale based on info from the URL:
public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $event)
{
$servicemanager = $event->getApplication()->getServiceManager();
$lang = $event->getRouteMatch()->getParam('lang','jp-JP');
$translator = $servicemanager->get(TranslatorInterface::class);
if( $translator != null )
{
$translator->setLocale($lang);
}
...
In the end, this does not really make the locale global - instead, it just sets it for every request. The net effect is the same, from the code point of view - i.e., I don't have to set the locale on every controller.
Hope that helps.

Answer 3

This work for me:
public function onBootstrap(MvcEvent $e)
{
$localeFromHttp = \Locale::acceptFromHttp($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']);
if (false === stripos($localeFromHttp, '-')) {
$locale = $localeFromHttp . '_' . strtoupper($localeFromHttp);
$e->getApplication()
->getServiceManager()
->get('MvcTranslator')
->setLocale($locale);
}
else {
$e->getApplication()->getServiceManager()->get('MvcTranslator')->setFallbackLocale('en_US');
}
}
And my modal.config.php:
'service_manager' => array(
'abstract_factories' => array(
'Zend\Cache\Service\StorageCacheAbstractServiceFactory',
'Zend\Log\LoggerAbstractServiceFactory',
),
'aliases' => array(
'translator' => 'MvcTranslator',
),
),
'service_manager' => array(
'factories' => array(
'translator' => 'Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorServiceFactory',
),
),
'translator' => array(
'translation_file_patterns' => array(
array(
'type' => 'gettext',
'base_dir' => __DIR__ . '/../language',
'pattern' => '%s.mo',
'text_domain' => __NAMESPACE__,
),
),
),

Answer 4

In the modal.config file, I do not think that the following is required as you have used the alias 'MvcTranslator' for translator.
'service_manager' => array(
'factories' => array(
'translator' => 'Zend\I18n\Translator\TranslatorServiceFactory',
),

Answer 5

In ZF2 locale is set always per request. You can do that on bootstrap:
$translator = $event->getApplication()->getServiceManager()->get('translator');
$translator->setLocale($locale);
$translator->addTranslationFile(
'phpArray', DATA_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'languages' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $locale . '.php', 'default', $locale
);
and later in controller, if You want to change:
$translator = $this->getServicelocator()->get('translator');
$translator->setLocale($locale);
if You change selected locale, You have to add translation file path again to make it works