Carbon month name localization with Laravel

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Carbon months localization with Laravel translation files

Localization

Translate your desired month in the app.php translation file under its localization directory.

Methods

parseDate() method is responsible to format and translate the month name. In case you need to edit the input format or the returned format this method needs to be modified to meet your need.

getCurrentLocalizaedDate() method is just a test method to show the output.

app.php

<?php 

// This is the lang file that you place months translation in

return [
'months' => [
        1 => 'January',
        2 => 'February',
        3 => 'March',
        4 => 'April',
        5 => 'May',
        6 => 'June',
        7 => 'July',
        8 => 'August',
        9 => 'September',
        10 => 'October',
        11 => 'November',
        12 => 'December',
    ]
]

SomeController.php

<?php

// namespace and import statements

class SomeController extends Controller
{
    public function getCurrentLocalizaedDate(){
       $now = Carbon::now()->format('Y_n');
       return $this->parseDate($now); // will return the current date in a format like January 2021
    }
  
    /**
     * Parse date from "Y_m" format to "{Month Name} {Year}" format.
     * @param $yearMonth
     * @return string
     */
    private function parseDate($yearMonth)
    {
        list($year, $month) = explode("_", $yearMonth);

        $month = trans("app.months.{$month}");

        return "{$month} {$year}";
    }

}