Step-01: Use Composer

You may install Laravel I18n into your application using the Composer package manager:

composer require sirthxalot/laravel-i18n

You are now basically ready to go if you would like to run I18n on the default file driver.

Step-02: Publish File Groups

Use the i18n-config tag to publish the config/i18n.php config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=i18n-config

Use the i18n-lang tag to publish the translation (lang) files:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=i18n-lang

Use the i18n-migration tag to publish the I18n database migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=i18n-migration

Step-03: Database Setup

Change the i18n.driver driver configuration to database, within the config/i18n.php file:

'driver' => "database"

Run the database migration to create the language and translation tables:

php artisan migrate

Step-04: Synchronize Drivers

If you would like to import all existing file translations into the database you can do that. Synchronization means that one driver (file) will copy everything into another (database). This means existing translations will be overwritten.

Let's begin by publishing all translation files from the application itself:

php artisan lang:publish

Also publish all vendor languages or create file translations you may want to import.

Run the i18n:sync artisan command when you are ready to sync the drivers:

php artisan i18n:sync file database

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