Company
Date Published
Author
Ilya Krukowski
Word count
2932
Language
English
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None

Summary

The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to implementing Laravel localization, enabling applications to support multiple languages and cultures. It covers various aspects of the localization process, including working with translation files, handling pluralization, creating a language switcher, and managing localized dates and numbers. The tutorial emphasizes configuring locales in the Laravel app and utilizing translation files in JSON format for organizing language data. It also introduces middleware for managing language preferences via user sessions and explains how to include advanced translation options such as placeholders and pluralization in strings. Additionally, it highlights the importance of formatting dates and numbers according to localized standards using Laravel's Carbon and NumberFormatter classes. The tutorial concludes by recommending Lokalise as a translation management solution to simplify the localization process and improve efficiency in managing translations.