XXXV. Gettext

Introduction

The gettext functions implement a NLS (Native Language Support) API which can be used to internationalize your PHP applications. Please see the gettext documentation from your system for a thorough explanation of these functions or view the docs at http://www.gnu.org/manual/gettext/index.html.

Requirements

To use this functions you must download and install the GNU gettext package from http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html

Installation

To include GNU gettext support in your PHP build you must add the option --with-gettext[=DIR] where DIR is the gettext install directory, defaults to /usr/local.

Runtime Configuration

This extension does not define any configuration directives.

Resource Types

This extension does not define any resource types.

Predefined Constants

This extension does not define any constants.

Table of Contents
bind_textdomain_codeset --  Specify the character encoding in which the messages from the DOMAIN message catalog will be returned
bindtextdomain -- Sets the path for a domain
dcgettext -- Overrides the domain for a single lookup
dcngettext -- Plural version of dcgettext
dgettext -- Override the current domain
dngettext -- Plural version of dgettext
gettext -- Lookup a message in the current domain
ngettext -- Plural version of gettext
textdomain -- Sets the default domain