OctoberCMS - Rainlab translate - localization

Question

I am looking for a way to set the default locale for certain host servers.
Given the servername is server-spain, e.g. I would like to redirect by default to the spanish translation, preferably any page the user lands, besides browser settings. So by default, even the app language/locale is English by default, if accessing through website.es (spanish domain) the user will see spanish as default language.
$this['servername'] = gethostname(); // host name
{% if servername is same as('server-in-spain') %}
// reload with spanish locale
{% endif %}
Anybody found themselves in this situation? Anybody solved it?
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can add this code to your layout's code section and it should do the job.
use RainLab\Translate\Classes\Translator;
public function onStart() {
$translator = Translator::instance();
$currentLocale = $translator->getLocale();
$newLocale = 'es';
$translatedRedirect = false;
$servername = gethostname(); // <- YOUR FUNCTION TO FIND HOST
// MAKE SURE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE GIVEN LOCAE IN Backend
// THNE IT WILL REDIRECT TO DEFAULT SET LOCALE
if($servername === 'server-in-spain') {
$newLocale = 'es';
}
if($servername === 'server-in-germany') {
$newLocale = 'de';
}
// we do not want to redirect if user have already perfect locale
if($currentLocale !== $newLocale) {
$translatedRedirect = true;
}
if($translatedRedirect) {
$translator->setLocale($newLocale);
$currentUrl = $this->currentPageUrl();
$parts = parse_url($currentUrl);
$path = array_get($parts, 'path');
$pageUrl = http_build_url($parts, [
'path' => '/' . $translator->getPathInLocale($path, $newLocale)
]);
return Redirect::to($pageUrl);
}
}
It should do the job
if any doubt please comment

Answer 2

With Hardik's answer I could solve it.
The only issues I encountered with this solution were :
I wasnt able to select a different locale in a given domain. That is example.es , correctly displaying /es locale but unable to switch locales (as it was forced by the code)
I solved it with a first time cookie:
function onStart() {
//Set the cookie for firt time visit
$first_visit = !isset( $_COOKIE["fist_locale"] );
// Set the cookie so that the message doesn't show again
setcookie( "first_locale", 1, strtotime( '+1 week' ) );
if( $first_visit ){ // if user first time
$translator = Translator::instance();
$currentLocale = $translator->getLocale();
$newLocale = 'en';
$translatedRedirect = false;
$servername = gethostname(); // <- YOUR FUNCTION TO FIND HOST
// MAKE SURE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE GIVEN LOCAE IN Backend
// THNE IT WILL REDIRECT TO DEFAULT SET LOCALE
if($servername === 'example.es') {
$newLocale = 'es';
}
if($servername === 'example.de') {
$newLocale = 'de';
}
// we do not want to redirect if user have already perfect locale
if($currentLocale !== $newLocale) {
$translatedRedirect = true;
}
if($translatedRedirect) {
$translator->setLocale($newLocale);
$currentUrl = $this->currentPageUrl();
$parts = parse_url($currentUrl);
$path = array_get($parts, 'path');
$pageUrl = http_build_url($parts, [
'path' => '/' . $translator->getPathInLocale($path, $newLocale)
]);
return Redirect::to($pageUrl);
}
}//end of first time
}
The locale forced by the domain name function adds /(locale) after the domain as in example.de/de