Laravel Translation Manager

Override any Laravel translation from the database — your app's lang/{locale}/*.php groups, the lang/{locale}.json strings and the lines of every installed package (filament-panels::, validation, your plugins…) — without a deploy. Find the keys missing in each locale, and when you're happy, export the overrides back to lang/ so they live in Git.

The lang files stay the source of truth: the package only lays the database overrides over what the framework's file loader returns. For an admin UI, use jeffersongoncalves/filament-translation-manager.

Installation

composer require jeffersongoncalves/laravel-translation-manager
php artisan migrate
php artisan translation-manager:scan

Optionally publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=translation-manager-config

How it works

• translation-manager:scan reads every lang file — app groups, JSON, and the groups of each registered package namespace (including the ones you published to lang/vendor) — for every locale, and stores the values in the translation_lines table (source column). Re-run it after adding keys or installing packages; it never touches your overrides.
• An override is a value in the text column for a locale. __(), trans() and @lang return it instead of the file value. An empty override falls back to the file.
• Overrides are cached per namespace + group and the cache is flushed whenever a line is saved or deleted.
• If the table doesn't exist yet (fresh install, migrations pending) the files are used as-is — translations never break the app.
• Long-running processes (queue workers, Octane) keep the groups they already loaded — restart them after changing overrides.

Usage

use JeffersonGoncalves\TranslationManager\Models\TranslationLine;

// app group: lang/pt_BR/messages.php → messages.welcome
TranslationLine::query()->updateOrCreate(
    ['namespace' => '*', 'group' => 'messages', 'key' => 'welcome'],
    ['text' => ['pt_BR' => 'Olá!']],
);

// package line: filament-panels::pages/dashboard.title
TranslationLine::query()
    ->where(['namespace' => 'filament-panels', 'group' => 'pages/dashboard', 'key' => 'title'])
    ->first()
    ?->update(['text' => ['pt_BR' => 'Início']]);

// keys with neither a file value nor an override in a locale
TranslationLine::query()->missing('pt_BR')->get()->map->fullKey();

namespace is * for the app's own lines and group is * for JSON lines. $line->value('pt_BR') returns what __() would, $line->fullKey() the key you'd pass to it.

Export to lang files

php artisan translation-manager:export                 # every locale
php artisan translation-manager:export --locale=pt_BR  # one locale
php artisan translation-manager:export --clear         # and drop the exported overrides from the database

Existing keys in those files are kept; only the overridden keys are added or replaced.

Configuration

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Jefferson Gonçalves
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.