Make lang path configurable

[saibotk]

It would be nice, if the publishing path could be adjusted / configured.

Use-case: Laravel 9 now defaults to "/lang" instead of "/resources/lang" and it would be nice to have the language files in one place. Otherwise i have to remove the "/lang" folder on a fresh install, because laravel will select "/resources/lang".

Thank you!

[andrey-helldar]

Hello!

This is not necessary as the publisher uses the lang_path helper call by default.

This helper under the hood of Laravel works as follows: if the folder ./resources/lang exists, then further work of the framework will be done with it, otherwise the default path will be taken - ./lang

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/9.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php#L507-L518 :

if (! function_exists('lang_path')) {
    /**
     * Get the path to the language folder.
     *
     * @param  string  $path
     * @return string
     */
    function lang_path($path = '')
    {
        return app()->langPath($path);
    }
}

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/9.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php#L323-L329 :

protected function bindPathsInContainer()
{
    $this->instance('path', $this->path());
    $this->instance('path.base', $this->basePath());
    $this->instance('path.config', $this->configPath());
    $this->instance('path.public', $this->publicPath());
    $this->instance('path.storage', $this->storagePath());
    $this->instance('path.database', $this->databasePath());
    $this->instance('path.resources', $this->resourcePath());
    $this->instance('path.bootstrap', $this->bootstrapPath());

    $this->useLangPath(value(function () {
        if (is_dir($directory = $this->resourcePath('lang'))) {
            return $directory;
        }

        return $this->basePath('lang');
    }));
}

So in order for the publisher to install files in the ./lang folder, make sure the ./resources/lang folder doesn't exist.

Thank you for your issue!

[saibotk]

Uh well then it seems my test project might still had that folder, gonna check on that tomorrow.

Thank you very much for the elaborate and quick answer!

Wish you a nice weekend 👍

[andrey-helldar]

Thank you! You too!