how to get the current locale in symfony 2.3?

Question

How can I get the curent locale in Symfony 2.3 ?

I have a url like this: /{_locale}/blog/article with FR as a default parameter. I try the following: $this->get('request')->getLocale()

but it always give me the default parameter.And i am aware that i can use $this->get('session')->set('_locale', 'fr');

but the problem is that when the user first visit my website he has nothing stored in his session.

Solution 1

You can get current locale by this

 $request = $this->get('request');
 echo $request->getLocale();

Solution 2

Simply use $request->getLocale(); in Symfony 4 since this seems to the top link when you search in Google for this topic.

Comments

[CappY]

Hello, what's difference between $this->get('request')->getLocale() and $this->get('translator')->getLocale() ?

[Azam Alvi]

@CappY basically both will return the current locale but get('translator') can be used for more functionality like you can get translation for desired language by providing the locale.

[petekaner]

what about getting it in a form type? if i try to inject the request to a form type I got an error

[Azam Alvi]

@petekaner you can send it from controller when you prepare your form by passing an array in form (2nd parameter)

[Snow]

$this->get('request') is depreciated, I suggest to use "get('translator')" now or to add Request $request as hint in your function

[mapmalith]

Hi, when we use the above code from where it is getting the locale value?

[Azam Alvi]

@PM-Riabel you will use this code when u need it. I did not get your actual point. What u want to say. Please give more info.

[mapmalith]

thanks for your comment. what I asked was what is the resource of getLocale()

[AlexioVay]

Simply use $request->getLocale(); in Symfony 4.