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gettext

Name

gettext — Performs a message lookup.

Synopsis

string gettext(message);
string message: Message to be translated

Returns

The translated message, if a translation can be found; otherwise, the original message

Description

gettext() performs a single message lookup. If a translation for the message can be found in the default domain, it will be returned. Otherwise, the message will be returned.

Version

PHP Version: 3.0.7+, 4+

Example

Example 456. Translate the output of a web page

<?
// Set the LANGUAGE using the value from the client's Accept-Language HTTP request header
putenv ('LANGUAGE='.$HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE);

// Bind a domain to directory
// gettext uses domains to know what directories to 
// search for translations to messages passed to gettext
bindtextdomain ('shopping_cart', './cart_translations');

// Set the current domain that gettext will use
textdomain ('shopping_cart');

if (TRUE == $checkout_succeeded) {
        // Filter the message through gettext
        print gettext ("Thank you for shopping with FooMall - fine purveyors of programming cliches!");
}
?>



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