Setting and remembering the language

In this recipe, we will learn how to allow users to change the current language and have their language selection be remembered through the use of cookies.

Getting ready

To go through this recipe we need a fully internationalized application to work with. Go through the entire recipe Translating database records with the Translate behavior.

We also need an application layout that we can modify. Copy the file default.ctp from cake/libs/view/layouts to your app/views/layouts directory.

How to do it...

1. 1. Edit your app/config/bootstrap.php file and add the following right above the PHP closing tag:

   Configure::write('Config.languages', array(
   'eng' => __('English', true),
   'spa' => __('Spanish', true)
   ));
   

2. 2. Edit the default.ctp layout file located in your app/views/layouts folder and add the following where you want the list of languages to be included (such as right above the call to the flash() method of the Session component):

   <div style="float: right...