Change default locale in Symfony2

Question

I'm trying to change the default locale of my application. Things I've tried so far:

set intl.default_locale to 'et_EE'
set locale to 'et' in app/config/parameters.ini
Changed the default locale in my bundle's boot() method described here
Implemented a class Locale that extends StubLocale and overwrites method getDefault() to return 'et_EE'.

Here is the implementation. The Locale class does not seem to be getting overwritten as calling \Locale::getDefault() doesn't execute this method.

<?php

use Symfony\Component\Locale\Stub\StubLocale;

class Locale extends StubLocale
{
    static public function getDefault()
    {
        return 'et_EE';
    }
}

After trying all these methods described, \Locale::getDefault() still returns en. I need it to return et_EE to render form widgets, such as country or language, in the proper locale.

How would I go doing this? Being able to support multiple locales later would also be great. Thanks.

\Locale::getDefault() won't execute this method, as it's provided by the PHP. The Locale class being used by Symfony is not \Locale, rather than \Symfony\Component\Locale\Locale which extends the \Locale. — Nikola Petkanski, Apr 05 '12 at 11:22

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 25 '13 at 16:04

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In Symfony 2.0:

# app/config/config.yml
framework:
  session: { default_locale: en }

In Symfony 2.1+:

# app/config/config.yml
framework:
  default_locale: en

edited Jan 25 '13 at 16:04

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answered Aug 08 '11 at 19:55

Flask

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Kudos! I skimmed that place over many times and since it had session: { default_locale: %locale% } I assumed it took the value from parameters.ini. It works. – kgilden Aug 08 '11 at 21:39
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this is outdated. its now a setting of the framework config: `framework: default_locale: %locale%` – ivoba Jul 18 '12 at 08:15

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 13 '14 at 12:13

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In Symfony 2.0, you can set default_locale for the session too:

framework:
  translator:      { fallback: %locale% }
  ...
  session:
    default_locale: %locale%
    auto_start:     true

The %locale% is a variable, and it's resolved from the parameters.ini file.

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answered Mar 09 '12 at 18:41

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Change default locale in Symfony2

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