ngettext

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Plural version of gettext

string ngettext ( string $msgid1, string $msgid2, int $n )

The plural version of gettext(). Some languages have more than one form for plural messages dependent on the count.

Parameters:

msgid1

The singular message ID.

msgid2

The plural message ID.

The number (e.g. item count) to determine the translation for the respective grammatical number.

Returns:

Returns correct plural form of message identified by msgid1 and msgid2 for count n.

Examples:

ngettext() example

<?php
 
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'cs_CZ');
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 1), 1); // 1 okno
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 2), 2); // 2 okna
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 5), 5); // 5 oken
 
?>

Links:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ngettext.php

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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