php-doc-en/reference/gettext/functions/gettext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.8 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/gettext.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
  <refentry id="function.gettext">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>gettext</refname>
    <refpurpose>Lookup a message in the current domain</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>gettext</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>message</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     This function returns a translated string if one is found in the
     translation table, or the submitted message if not found. You may
     use the underscore character '_' as an alias to this function.
    </para>
    <example>
     <title><function>gettext</function>-check</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Set language to German
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE');

// Specify location of translation tables
bindtextdomain("myPHPApp", "./locale");

// Choose domain
textdomain("myPHPApp");

// Translation is looking for in ./locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/myPHPApp.mo now

// Print a test message
echo gettext("Welcome to My PHP Application");

// Or use the alias _() for gettext()
echo _("Have a nice day");
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
     See also
     <function>setlocale</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:t
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
indent-tabs-mode:nil
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:nil
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
vi: ts=1 sw=1
-->