Laravel 11: Build a Multi-Locale App That Speaks Your Users' Language

Learn how to implement localization in Laravel 11! 🌐
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through step-by-step on how to switch languages dynamically in a Laravel app using cookies for persisting user preferences.

👇🔊 Important thing to understand:

Cookies vs. Database:
Cookies are lightweight and store the preference directly in the browser. They’re ideal for users who aren’t logged in.
Database is persistent and user-specific, making it suitable for logged-in users.

We'll cover middleware setup, route creation, controller logic, and language files, ensuring a seamless multilingual user experience.

Perfect for beginners and pros alike looking to add localization to their web applications! 🚀

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
3:08 Laravel 11 project setup
5:00 Language files creation and customization
10:44 Language middleware creation and setup
13:13 Storing / persisting Locale using Cookies
20:50 Testing your locale / language to your blade files or views
22:51 Creating Language switching Controller file and set locale in your cookie's key
27:41 Setup Language switching route
29:19 Customizing your views to show Language changes / switching capabilities
41:42 Storing user language preferences in database

useful links:
https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/localiz...
https://github.com/shadrackjm/laravel...

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