CakePHP adding language parameter to URLs

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I implemented the solution at this article.

"beforeFilter" and "_setLanguage" works fine. If URL has language parameter, I can successfully set cookies/session variables. And use it between controllers.

That solution also includes adding url() function to AppHelper.

class AppHelper extends Helper {
   function url($url = null, $full = false) {
        if(!isset($url['language']) && isset($this->params['language'])) {
          $url['language'] = $this->params['language'];
        }
        return parent::url($url, $full);
   }
}

But I have many URLs in my View files that are written without using HtmlHelper. Like this:

// myfile.ctp
<a href="/mypage/">click me plase<a>

So it seems like AppHelper::url solution doesn't fix my issue. What would be better alternative to add language prefix to URLs?

I thought defining a global variable like this:

// AppController::_beforeFilter()
if ($this->request->params['language'] != "")
{
   Configure::write('URLprefix', '/'.$this->request->params['language']);
} else {
   Configure::write('URLprefix', '');
}

Then change view file like this:

// myfile.ctp
<a href="<?php echo URLprefix; ?>/mypage/">click me plase<a>

But it doesn't seem a good way. Is there a better way to add prefix to URLs. Or should I add to all links by hand ?

Related:
Adding a prefix to every URL in CakePHP
CakePHP 2.x i18n route
CakePHP 2.1 URL Language Parameter

thaJeztah · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-04 21:25:24Z

1

You should generate all links and URLs within your application using HtmlHelper::link() and HtmlHelper::url()

This will make sure that your Routes are taken into account when generating URLs (Reverse routing)

For example, if you decide to define a 'friendly' URL Route /logout for /users/logout, then this:

echo $this->Html->link('Log out', array(
    'controller' => 'users', 
    'action' => 'logout'
));

Will create this link:

<a href='/logout'>Log out</a>

If you later decide to modify the 'friendly' URL Route (/sign-out) for the logout URL, then all links in your application will automatically be adjusted.

The same call to the HtmlHelper, will now output:

<a href='/sign-out'>Log out</a>

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