Searches for multilingual phrases in a Laravel project and automatically generates language files for you. You can search for new translation keys, delete unused keys, and quickly generate new language files.

You can start the installation through the composer using the command.

composer require glebsky/laravel-lang-generator

To create configuration file of this package you can use command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config

It will create configuration file in app/config with name lang-generator

file_type: is responsible for the type of the generated file. It is possible to generate both a json and an php array files. Posible values: array , json

file_name: is responsible for the name of the generated files. By default it is lang.

languages: is responsible for the generated languages and accepts an array. Language folders with the specified data will be created. By default it just en.

This command starts searching for translation keys in the resource/views and app folders according to the basic settings. Existing keys will not be removed, only new ones will be added.

php artisan lang:generate

it will create new language files with found translation keys. By default name of lang file is lang

In addition, the command accepts several parameters that allow you to flexibly manage the package.

php artisan lang:generate --type= --name= --langs= --sync --clear --path=

--type= or -T:

is responsible for the type of the generated file. It is possible to generate both a json and an php array files. Posible values: array , json.
Example: php artisan lang:generate --type=json

--name= or -N:

is responsible for the name of the generated files. By default it is lang.

Example: php artisan lang:generate --name="pagination"

--langs= or -L:

is responsible for the generated languages and accepts an array. Language folders with the specified data will be created. By default it just en.
Example: php artisan lang:generate --langs="en" --langs="es"

--sync or -S:

If you specify this flag, then all unused already existing translation keys will be deleted.
Example: php artisan lang:generate --sync

--clear or -C:

If you specify this flag, existing language files are removed and new ones are created. All existing translations will be removed.

NOTE! That NOT all language files are deleted, but only with the name specified in the settings.

Example: php artisan lang:generate --clear

lang:generate will update your language files by writing them completely, meaning that any comments or special styling will be removed, so I recommend you backup your files.