multilang plugin and hyperlinks

[v.]

I am trying to use the multilang plugin but fail to understand it.

I have configured the languages in the config file.

When going to the root of the site I am automatically redirected to the browser language's page (so site.tld redirects to site.tld/en/) as expected.

How am I supposed to handle hyperlinks? My menu fetches links from the database with some hardcoded links.

eg.:

<a href="/about">about</a> <a href="/shop">shop</a> <a href="/contact">contact</a>

These links are not automatically being redirected to /en/... and generate a 404.

From what I undertand from the documentation the routes should be automatically changed with the prefix (as does the index page).Why is this not happening?

I can solve this by getting the languagae from the ml instance:

$this->f3->set('SESSION.lang', $this->ml->current);

and use that in the template file:

<a href="{{ @SESSION.lang }}/about">about</a>

But I don't think this is how it is supposed to work?

[ved]

You can either change the way you're creating the links to be something like:

{{ @ML->current }}{{ @your_url }}

AFAIK, there's no need to save your current language in the session.

Alternatively, enable the MULTILANG.migrate option.

[ikkez]

as far as I know, you should be using named routes and use the ml->alias function in your templates to generate the links.. preferably with a custom filter

[xfra35]

That's right:

• either you prefix all your links with {{ @ml->current }}
• or you define route aliases and make use of the $ml->alias() function

Either way requires to rewrite your links. Link generation can be made easier by using a custom filter. E.g:

<a href="{{ '/about' | lang }}">about</a>

(in this example, the "lang" template filter automatically prefixes the current language)

<a href="{{ 'about' | url }}">about</a>

(in this example, the "url" template filter automatically computes the given alias URL)

There's also a third way, which would be to set the base tag with the current language and use relative URLs inside links. But beware of side-effects..

E.g:

<base href="/{{ @ml->current }}"/>
<a href="about">about</a>

NB: I personally use route aliases (the 2nd way), as it gives more flexibility over the URL formats (translate URLs by language, adjust URLs for SEO, etc..).

[v.]

ok thanks guys.

I will dig into it some more.

For some reason my app will not accept @ml->current.

My index contains

Multilang::instance();

My Controller construct

$ml=Multilang::instance();
$this->ml=$ml;

If I set the lang (or session.lang) in my controller's before route :

$this->f3->set('SESSION.lang', $this->ml->current);

it works, but for some reason I am unable to access the ml or this->ml in the template directly.

[ved]

Hi,

You'll need to add it as a regular F3 variable:

$f3->set('ML', $ml);

If you just use $this->ml = $ml on a controller, that will be assigned as a controller property and not as an F3 variable.

Cheers

[v.]

ah! I see, that makes sense....

Anyone else have this thing where your brain gets mushy and you fail to see the obvious after spending too much time in front of a computer screen?