PoliglotUrl

Extension to help setup the language of an application based on params specifing the language

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist daxslab/yii2-poligloturl "*"

or add

"daxslab/yii2-poligloturl": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file.

Configuration

Configure the View component into the main configuration file of your application:

'components' => [
    ...
    'urlManager' => [
        'class' => 'daxslab\poligloturl\UrlManager',
        'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
        'showScriptName' => false,
        'rules' => [
            //home
            ['pattern' => '/', 'route' => 'site/index', 'defaults' => ['lang' => 'en-US']],
            ['pattern' => '/es', 'route' => 'site/index', 'defaults' => ['lang' => 'es']],
            ['pattern' => '/de', 'route' => 'site/index', 'defaults' => ['lang' => 'de']],
        ],
    ],
    ...
]

Usage

Once the extension is configured, simply use it in your views by:

<?= Html::a('Spanish version', ['/site/index', 'lang' => 'es']) ?>