When building a multi-language application, you may want to allow your users to change the language of the content they're viewing through the URL.
In this recipe, we'll look at how you can use routing to deliver content in different languages.
First, we'll need a controller to work with, so create an ExampleController.php file in app/Controller/ with the following content:
<?php
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
class ExampleController extends AppController {
}We'll then need a view, so create a file named language.ctp in app/View/Example/.
Perform the following steps:
Open the
routes.phpfile inapp/Config/and add the following lines to it:Router::connect('/:language/:controller/:action/*', array(), array( 'language' => '[a-zA-Z]{3}', 'persist' => array('language') ));Open your
AppController.phpfile inapp/Controller/and add the followingbeforeFilter()method:public function beforeFilter() { parent::beforeFilter(); ...