Yii2 Language Picker

Yii2 Language Picker Widget

Introduction

The widget provides an easy to use language selector which makes it possible to change the language of our website easily. The language change can take place synchronously or asynchronously (through Ajax). The default method is asynchronous (through an Ajax call), however when this method fails for any reason (e.g. JavaScript is blocked on the client side) the new language will actualise synchronously through an automatic page reload.

The language switcher is fully customisable. However, the pre-defined options provide a dropdown list (DropDownList), and a link-based list (ButtonList). Both versions can display the name of the chosen language and the corresponding flag (icon).

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

composer require lajax/yii2-language-picker

Config:

Identifier of the language element. e.g.: en, en-US

IMPORTANT

To use the widget, the value of the enablePrettyUrl property in the urlManager configuration must be true, and the value of showScriptName false.

example:

'components' => [
    // ...
    'urlManager' => [
        'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
        'showScriptName' => false,
        'rules' => [
            // your rules go here
        ],
        // ...
    ],
    // ...
]

Using of urlManager.

Minimal configuration (icons only)

'language' => 'en',
'bootstrap' => ['languagepicker'],
'components' => [
    'languagepicker' => [
        'class' => 'lajax\languagepicker\Component',
        // List of available languages (icons only)
        'languages' => ['en', 'de', 'fr'],
    ]
],

Minimal configuration (icons and text)

'language' => 'en',
'bootstrap' => ['languagepicker'],
'components' => [
    'languagepicker' => [
        'class' => 'lajax\languagepicker\Component',
        // List of available languages (icons and text)
        'languages' => ['en' => 'English', 'de' => 'Deutsch', 'fr' => 'Français']
    ]
],

Full configuration (icons only)

'language' => 'en-US',
'bootstrap' => ['languagepicker'],
'components' => [
    'languagepicker' => [
        'class' => 'lajax\languagepicker\Component',
        'languages' => ['en-US', 'de-DE', 'fr-FR'], // List of available languages (icons only)
        'cookieName' => 'language', // Name of the cookie.
        'cookieDomain' => 'example.com', // Domain of the cookie.
        'expireDays' => 64, // The expiration time of the cookie is 64 days.
        // Function to execute after changing the language
        'callback' => function() {
            if (!\Yii::$app->user->isGuest) {
                $user = \Yii::$app->user->identity;
                $user->language = \Yii::$app->language;
                $user->save();
            }
        }
    ]
],

Yii2-translate-manager integration

Minimal configuration (icons only)

'language' => 'en',
'bootstrap' => ['languagepicker'],
'components' => [
    'languagepicker' => [
        'class' => 'lajax\languagepicker\Component',
        // Get available languages from translate manager
        'languages' => function () {
            return array_keys(\lajax\translatemanager\models\Language::getLanguageNames(true));
        }
    ]
],

Minimal configuration (icons and text)

'language' => 'en',
'bootstrap' => ['languagepicker'],
'components' => [
    'languagepicker' => [
        'class' => 'lajax\languagepicker\Component',
        // Get available languages from translate manager
        'languages' => function () {
            return \lajax\translatemanager\models\Language::getLanguageNames(true);
        }
    ]
],

Usage

Displaying language selector

Displaying pre-defined languate picker buttons (icons and text or icons only):

<?= \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::widget([
    'skin' => \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::SKIN_BUTTON,
    'size' => \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::SIZE_SMALL
]); ?>

Displaying pre-defined languate picker dropdown list (icons and text or icons only):

<?= \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::widget([
    'skin' => \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::SKIN_DROPDOWN,
    'size' => \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::SIZE_LARGE
]); ?>

Customising the language picker:

<?= \lajax\languagepicker\widgets\LanguagePicker::widget([
    'itemTemplate' => '<li><a href="{link}" title="{language}"><i id="{language}"></i> {name}</a></li>',
    'activeItemTemplate' => '<a href="{link}" title="{language}"><i id="{language}"></i> {name}</a>',
    'parentTemplate' => '<div class="language-picker dropdown-list {size}"><div>{activeItem}<ul>{items}</ul></div></div>',
    'languageAsset' => 'lajax\languagepicker\bundles\LanguageLargeIconsAsset',      // StyleSheets
    'languagePluginAsset' => 'lajax\languagepicker\bundles\LanguagePluginAsset',    // JavaScripts
]); ?>

Screenshots

Buttons icons and text

Buttons icons only

Buttons text only

DropDown icons and text

DropDown icons only

DropDown text only

Links

• GitHub
• Api Docs
• Packagist
• Yii Extensions
• Flag Sprites