Yii::t() and autocomplete - how to do it?

Question

Yii

Something I do not understand the logic.
There is a table of tags, say, in English "id, name, frequency"
And there is a form with autocomplete, in which I want the tags to be substituted for the current language, say, ru
How should I use Yii::t()?

public static function suggest($keyword, $limit = 20)
    {
        $tags = self::find()
            ->where(['like', 'name', $keyword])
            ->orderBy('frequency DESC, name')
            ->limit($limit)
            ->all();

        $names = array();

        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
            $names[] = $tag->name;
        }

        return $names;
    }

But where?

Answer 1

It’s easier for you to change the structure to name_ru and name_en and already search in the desired column depending on the locale

Answer 2

Yii::t is mainly for interface translation. That is, we need pre-translated phrases in php or db.
You can, in principle, use your case. The problem is that the tags are not known in advance. respectively translation too. You need to hang a handler on the event of an untranslated phrase. My module https://github.com/zelenin/yii2-i18n-module
would be perfect for you without any additions, it would store any phrases, including tags in the database, you would translate them as they come in. Have questions?