What I did:
I ended up checking in the AppController's beforeFilter() whether or not $this->request->params['langauge']
was set and if not, building the URL accordingly:
//Redirect to same url, but with language parameter
if (empty($this->request->params['language']) &&
empty($this->request->params['admin'])) {
$defaultLanguageCode = Configure::read('Languages.default.code2');
$cookiedLanguage = $this->Language->activeLanguageByCode($this->Cookie->read('lang'));
$languageToRedirectTo = (!empty($cookiedLanguage['code2'])) ? cookiedLanguage['code2'] : $defaultLanguageCode;
$newURL = '/' . $languageToRedirectTo . $this->request->here;
$this->redirect($newURL);
}
Note:
The part I couldn't figure out (until getting help in IRC) was to build the URL using $this->request->here
, which is just the URL as a string. Prior to that I tried building out the array using the params array, but had no luck.
My routes (in case they help anyone)
(Keep in mind, I'm a routes noob, so - although they seem to be working for me, I do NOT guarantee they're done well!)
//root URL and root URL w/ language
Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home')); // eg: www.google.com takes them to pages/display/home
Router::connect('/:language', array('controller'=>'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home'), array('language'=>'[a-z]{2}')); // eg: /en takes them to pages/display/home and sets language
//pages (eg. /en/r/the_matrix or /r/the_matrix)
Router::connect('/:language/r/:slug/*', array('controller'=>'pages', 'action'=>'display'), array('language'=>'[a-z]{2}', 'pass'=>array('slug')));
Router::connect('/r/:slug/*', array('controller'=>'pages', 'action'=>'display'), array('pass'=>array('slug')));
//adds language to default URL
Router::connect('/:language/:controller/:action/*', array(), array('language'=>'[a-z]{2}'));
//Route prefixes
Configure::write('Routing.prefixes', array('admin'));
//User related
Router::connect('/login', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login'));
Router::connect('/logout', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'logout'));
Router::connect('/myaccount', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'my_account'));
//
CakePlugin::routes();
require CAKE . 'Config' . DS . 'routes.php';