README

Database-backed multilingual content for Laravel. Store rich-text articles in the database instead of flat files, retrieve them by locale, expose them to JavaScript, and manage them via the CrudGenerator admin — all with a single helper call.

Features

• Database-backed translations — articles stored per locale in the articles table
• Automatic locale fallback — returns any available language when the current locale is missing
• Dot-notation keys — scope.nickname addressing (e.g. help.contact_us)
• JavaScript exposure — publish a whole scope of articles to a JS global for frontend use
• Blade directives — render or expose articles without leaving the template
• trans_article() helper — global function usable anywhere in PHP
• Seeder generation — dump the current articles table to a seed file with one command
• CrudGenerator integration — articles can be managed via the CrudGenerator admin when both packages are installed

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.2
• Laravel >= 9.0

Installation

composer require sirgrimorum/transarticles

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

This creates the articles table with columns: id, nickname, scope, lang, content, activated, user_id.

Publish configuration (optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sirgrimorum\TransArticles\TransArticlesServiceProvider" --tag=config

Publishes config/sirgrimorum/transarticles.php.

Configuration

config/sirgrimorum/transarticles.php

return [
    // Eloquent model used to store articles
    'default_articles_model' => \Sirgrimorum\TransArticles\Models\Article::class,

    // Database column that stores the locale code
    'default_lang_column' => 'lang',

    // Model scope used to find a single article
    'default_findarticle_function_name' => 'findArticle',

    // Model scope used to find a collection of articles
    'default_findarticles_function_name' => 'findArticles',

    // JavaScript global variable for exposed articles
    'default_base_var' => 'translations',
];

Creating Articles

Insert records directly or use the CrudGenerator admin (if installed):

\Sirgrimorum\TransArticles\Models\Article::create([
    'scope'     => 'homepage',
    'nickname'  => 'hero_title',
    'lang'      => 'en',
    'content'   => '<h1>Welcome to our site</h1>',
    'activated' => true,
]);

Retrieving Articles

Facade

use Sirgrimorum\TransArticles\Facades\TransArticles;

// Returns content for the current locale (or fallback)
$html = TransArticles::get('homepage.hero_title');

// Expose a scope as a <script> tag
$script = TransArticles::getjs('homepage');

Helper function

echo trans_article('homepage.hero_title');

Blade directives

{{-- Render an article inline --}}
@transarticles('homepage.hero_title')

{{-- Expose an entire scope to JavaScript --}}
@transarticles_tojs('homepage')

{{-- Custom JS variable name --}}
@transarticles_tojs('homepage', 'pageContent')

JavaScript usage (after @transarticles_tojs)

// window.translations.homepage.hero_title => "<h1>Welcome...</h1>"
document.getElementById('hero').innerHTML = translations.homepage.hero_title;

Locale Fallback Behaviour

1. Look for an article with lang = App::getLocale() and activated = true
2. If not found, return any activated article for that scope.nickname
3. If still not found, return the nickname itself (useful for spotting missing articles)

A warning label is shown when content is returned in a fallback language.

Artisan Commands

transarticles:createseed

Generates a database seed file from the current articles table:

# Seed only the articles table
php artisan transarticles:createseed

# Seed all tables (excluding migrations)
php artisan transarticles:createseed --all

# Force overwrite
php artisan transarticles:createseed --force

The generated seed file is placed in database/seeds/ (or database/seeders/ for Laravel 8+).

API Reference

TransArticles::get()

TransArticles::get(string $nickname): string

Returns the HTML content of the article identified by scope.nickname for the current locale.

TransArticles::getjs()

TransArticles::getjs(
    string $scope,      // Scope to expose (or 'scope.nickname' for a single article)
    string $basevar = '' // JS global variable (defaults to config 'default_base_var')
): string

Returns a <script> tag that assigns all articles in the scope to window.{basevar}.{scope}.

trans_article()

trans_article(string $nickname): string

Global helper — equivalent to TransArticles::get($nickname).

Blade directive — @transarticles

@transarticles(string $nickname)

Blade directive — @transarticles_tojs

@transarticles_tojs(string $scope, string $basevar = '')

License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE.md.