Changing locale with symfony 2.1

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Having some issue changing the locale on a symfony 2.1 website.

I can't find a way to be able to change the lang without using the _locale on every routes. I know this is against the fundamental rule, but this content will for example not be indexed by engine as it is member only.

Typically, I would like a simple method to be able to change the locale on the request (BC from version 2.1), or on the session, but can't figure out how to do that smoothly. I also would like to avoid the use of a Listener for that.

config.yml file :

framework:
    translator:      { fallback: %locale% }
    session:

routing.yml file :

route_change_lang:
    pattern:   /changelang/{newlang}
    defaults:  { _controller: AcmeCoreBundle:Default:switchLanguage, newlang: en }
    requirements:
        newlang: en|fr|de

Simple action to update the locale of the router :

public function switchLanguageAction($newlang)
{

    $request = $this->getRequest();

    $request->setLocale($newlang);

    $referer_url = $this->get('request')->headers->get('referer');
    if ($referer_url != null) {
        return $this->redirect($referer_url);
    } else {
        return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('route_home'));
    }
}

What is the problem? I guess it is related to the default_locale set in the main config.yml file, but documentation is not really clear, any help/hint appreciated

i am facing the exactly same problem. Have you found a solution please? — Lukas Lukac, Dec 29 '13 at 17:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '12 at 14:38

I've come across the same problem, since we cant' use locales in our urls (seo-issues). Also we use locales like en_US and those are stored in a config outside the direct framework access. What I did is registering an event listener and hooking into the onKernelRequest event. There I check if locale is set in session, if not, I add it to both, request and session. This way, the framework keeps on behaving like it did before 2.1 If you need more info on how to do this, comment and I'll edit some exaples in here :-)

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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Restore the old behavior as explain in https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/master/UPGRADE-2.1.md#httpfoundation-1 And use the piece of code of Carlos Granados.

You can also read my another answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/12952999/520114

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Aug 29 '12 at 13:35

webda2l

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@webda2I I tried this solution but don't manage to have it working. Created the listener but doesn't seem to change anything. Did you manage to have it working? – fkoessler Oct 18 '12 at 06:36
Have you well create it in your own Bundle with the right namespace and declare it in your service.xml or other ? – webda2l Oct 18 '12 at 08:38
@webda2I I asked a new question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12951792/set-locale-in-symfony-2-1, would be nice if you could have a look – fkoessler Oct 18 '12 at 09:50

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 27 '12 at 17:59

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If you set the locale in the request, this is just used for the current request. The next time that a request is issued, the default_locale will be used. Even if now (2.1) the locale is set in the request instead of the session, "It is also possible to store the locale in the session instead of on a per request basis. If you do this, each subsequent request will have this locale." (from the docs). So, you need to do:

$this->get('session')->set('_locale', $newlang);

answered Aug 27 '12 at 17:59

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Thanks for you try, I also take long time to read carefully the documentation, but unfortunately, it doesn't work at all. The locale is never changed, or it is always set back to the default_locale. This might be a bug actually, but the symfony 2.1 version is still young, so I don't know, any other hint ? – Jean-Christophe Meillaud Aug 28 '12 at 13:10

Changing locale with symfony 2.1

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