How can I find the current language in a Laravel view

Question

I'm using the Laravel Lang class for localization of my web app. I've added two languages to the languages array in application/config/application.php. This changes the default language it uses for localization to whatever the first part of the URI indicates (e.g. bla.com/en/bla and bla.com/co/bla). Now I need to be able to check what the current default language is in my view.

However, the Lang class provides no way of checking this as far as I've been able to figure out, as the Lang::$language variable is protected. Is there any way of checking this apart from manually parsing the URI?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

The cleanest way to know the current language of your website in Laravel appears to be :

Lang::locale();

It's different than this command that will return the default language of your website :

Config::get('app.locale');