Problem
You want to see how a language key expands into its components.
Solution
Use the Lang::parseKey() method.
This method will return an array with three elements:
- The first element is the key's namespace
- The second is the key's group (aka file)
- The third element is the actual item in the group
Consider the following PHP code.
print_r(Lang::parseKey('message.welcome'));
print_r(Lang::parseKey('message.two.part'));
print_r(Lang::parseKey('mypackage::message.two.part'));
The above code would output the following.
Array
(
[0] => *
[1] => message
[2] => welcome
)
Array
(
[0] => *
[1] => message
[2] => two.part
)
Array
(
[0] => mypackage
[1] => message
[2] => two.part
)
Discussion
This is a low-level method.
It's used internally by the Lang facade. But it is handy to know when debugging and trying to determine why a translation string isn't finding the message. Knowing how the key is broken apart helps track down where Laravel is looking for the translation.
