Add ability to properly set locale (session/account)

app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
      */
     public function updateLanguage(Request $request): \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     {
-        if(! in_array($request->language, config('lang-detector.languages'))) {
+        abort_unless(in_array($request->language, config('app.supported_locales'), true), 404);
-            return redirect()->back();
-        }
 
-        Cookie::queue(Cookie::forever('locale', $request->language));
+        session(['locale' => $request->language]);
+
+        if (Auth::check()) {
+            Auth::user()->update(['locale' => $request->language]);
+        }
 
         return redirect()->back();
     }

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
             \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
             \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
             \App\Http\Middleware\IsBanned::class,
+            \App\Http\Middleware\SetLocale::class,
         ],
 
         'api' => [

app/Http/Middleware/SetLocale.php

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+class SetLocale
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response)  $next
+     */
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
+    {
+        // 1. Logged-in user preference
+        if (Auth::check() && Auth::user()->locale) {
+            App::setLocale(Auth::user()->locale);
+            return $next($request);
+        }
+
+        // 2. Session (guest or user override)
+        if (session()->has('locale') && in_array($request->language, config('app.supported_locales'), true)) {
+            App::setLocale(session('locale'));
+            return $next($request);
+        }
+
+        // 3. Browser language
+        $locale = $request->getPreferredLanguage(config('app.supported_locales'));
+
+        if ($locale) {
+            App::setLocale($locale);
+        }
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+}

composer.json

@@ -12,27 +12,26 @@
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8.1",
         "hisorange/browser-detect": "^5.0",
         "http-interop/http-factory-guzzle": "^1.2",
-        "intervention/image": "^3.9",
+        "intervention/image": "^3.11",
-        "intervention/image-laravel": "^1.3",
+        "intervention/image-laravel": "^1.5",
-        "laravel/framework": "^11.0",
+        "laravel/framework": "^12.0",
-        "laravel/sanctum": "^4.0",
+        "laravel/sanctum": "^4.2",
         "laravel/scout": "^10.20",
         "laravel/socialite": "^5.24",
         "laravel/tinker": "^2.10",
-        "livewire/livewire": "^3.6.4",
+        "livewire/livewire": "^3.7.0",
         "maize-tech/laravel-markable": "^2.3.0",
         "meilisearch/meilisearch-php": "^1.16",
-        "mews/captcha": "3.4.4",
+        "mews/captcha": "^3.4.4",
         "predis/predis": "^2.2",
         "realrashid/sweet-alert": "^7.2",
-        "rtconner/laravel-tagging": "^4.1",
+        "rtconner/laravel-tagging": "^5.0",
         "socialiteproviders/discord": "^4.2",
-        "spatie/laravel-discord-alerts": "^1.5",
+        "spatie/laravel-discord-alerts": "^1.8",
-        "spatie/laravel-sitemap": "^7.3",
+        "spatie/laravel-sitemap": "^7.3"
-        "vluzrmos/language-detector": "^2.3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.14.7",
+        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.16",
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.24.0",
         "laravel/breeze": "^2.3",
         "laravel/pint": "^1.18",

config/app.php

@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ return [
 
     'faker_locale' => 'en_US',
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Supported Locales
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This is used to display the supported locales by this app, it also is 
+    | used to verify session data and requests in the SetLocale Middleware
+    |
+    */
+
+    'supported_locales' => ['en', 'de', 'fr'],
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Encryption Key

config/lang-detector.php

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-return [
-    /*
-     * Indicates whenever should autodetect and apply the language of the request.
-     */
-    'autodetect' => env('LANG_DETECTOR_AUTODETECT', true),
-
-    /*
-     * Default driver to use to detect the request language.
-     *
-     * Available: browser, subdomain, uri.
-     */
-    'driver' => env('LANG_DETECTOR_DRIVER', 'browser'),
-
-    /*
-     * Used on subdomain and uri drivers. That indicates which segment should be used
-     * to verify the language.
-     */
-    'segment' => env('LANG_DETECTOR_SEGMENT', 0),
-
-    /*
-     * Languages available on the application.
-     *
-     * You could use parse_langs_to_array to use the string syntax
-     * or just use the array of languages with its aliases.
-     */
-    'languages' => parse_langs_to_array(
-        env('LANG_DETECTOR_LANGUAGES', ['en', 'de', 'fr'])
-    ),
-
-    /*
-     * Indicates if should store detected locale on cookies
-     */
-    'cookie' => (bool) env('LANG_DETECTOR_COOKIE', true),
-
-    /*
-     * Indicates if should encrypt cookie
-     */
-    'cookie_encrypt' => (bool) env('LANG_DETECTOR_COOKIE_ENCRYPT', false),
-
-    /*
-     * Cookie name
-     */
-    'cookie_name' => env('LANG_DETECTOR_COOKIE', 'locale'),
-];

database/migrations/2026_01_11_151205_add_locale_to_users_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('locale', 10)
+                  ->nullable()
+                  ->after('discord_avatar');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('locale');
+        });
+    }
+};