Dashboard locale

[fonpacific]

Hi!
I'd like to be able to have the whole Platform in a locale different from the one set in config/app.php.
I can't find a way to set it in some configuration file nor I'm able to understand where to inject the code like app()->setLocale('en'); so that it gets excecuted for dashboard only.

Thanks for any help provided!

[tabuna]

This can be done quite simply. Let's say we have a user and we want to display data in the language and time zone selected for him.

Then we can create in the user model, something like the following method, which would set values for PHP and Laravel:

  /**
   * @return $this
   */
  public function useSettingsAsGlobal(): self
  {
      date_default_timezone_set($this->timezone ?? config('app.timezone'));
      config()->set('app.timezone', $this->timezone ?? config('app.timezone'));

      $locale = $this->locale ?? config('app.locale');

      app()->setLocale($locale);

      \Carbon\Carbon::setLocale($locale);
      \Carbon\CarbonInterval::setLocale($locale);

      return $this;
  }

Then we could call it like this:

app()->getLocale(); // EN

// Example apply
$user = User::first()->useSettingsAsGlobal();

app()->getLocale(); // DE

I hope up to this point, everything was clear to you. Now all that's left is to apply this to each request. To do this, you can make a middleware using the artisan command:

artisan make:middleware UserSettingMiddleware

A new file will be created in the app/Http/Middleware directory, in which we will apply the user method:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class UserSettingMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
     * @param \Closure                 $next
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        optional($request->user())->useSettingsAsGlobal();

        return $next($request);
    }
}

This will change the application settings for each user's settings. It remains only to determine exactly when you want to change it. If for the entire application, then you can add this to the end of the web group in the file app/Http/Kernel.php:

  /**
   * The application's route middleware groups.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $middlewareGroups = [
      'web' => [
       // ... Other class
       
       \App\Http\Middleware\UserSettingMiddleware::class
    ],

or if you want only within the Orchid then change the config file config/platform.php:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Middleware
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This middleware will be assigned to every route, giving you the
| chance to add your own middleware to this stack or override any of
| the existing middleware. Or, you can stick with this stack.
|
| You can learn more here: https://laravel.com/docs/middleware
|
*/

'middleware' => [
    'public'  => ['web'],
    'private' => ['web', 'platform', \App\Http\Middleware\UserSettingMiddleware::class],
],

Happy coding.

[fonpacific]

Thank you very much, this solved my issue!
I'm new to Laravel & Orchid but I was having a hint that I should have used a middleware to achieve this. I just couldn't understand how.
Again, thanks for hleping me out.

[fonpacific]

I extended @tabuna's answer a little bit (so to adhere to my needs but leaving options for futher implementations).

I added a custom config property in config/platform.php

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Locale
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Set a custom locale for Orchid app
    |
    */

    'locale' => 'en',

To be used like:

    config('platform.locale');

I then added a new middleware to be able to set locale also in the public part of the Orchid app (e.g. the login page) in app/Http/Middleware/PublicMiddleware.php:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PublicMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse)  $next
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        app()->setLocale(config('platform.locale'));

        return $next($request);
    }
}

Finally, I updated the middleware property in config/platform.php:

    'middleware' => [
        'public'  => ['web', \App\Http\Middleware\PublicMiddleware::class],
        'private' => ['web', 'platform', \App\Http\Middleware\UserSettingMiddleware::class],
    ],

This way it is possible to have a locale set for Orchid public app and a user defined locale after login.