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Beware of one difference between the GNU gettext API and the PHP binding of it, which is that the GNU gettext functions that accept a $count parameter all expect (indeed, being compiled C, require) that $count be unsigned, while the PHP binding does not.
Thus, the PHP gettext functions will happily accept negative numbers. The one potentially irritating consequence of this is that -1 is treated as plural, which sits well with some people and not so well with others. (As a picky native speaker of English, my personal opinion is that both "the temperature is minus one degree Fahrenheit" and "four apples minus five apples leaves minus one apple" but others may feel that "four apples minus five apples leaves minus one apples" sounds better.)
The upshot: You may want to abs($count) before passing numbers to gettext.
Bonus points: If your application includes user preferences, you might offer a "treat -1 as singular" option to your users, then choose $count or abs($count) to pass to gettext based on each user's preference.
ngettext
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
ngettext — Pluralversion von gettext
Beschreibung
string ngettext
( string
$msgid1
, string $msgid2
, int $n
)Die Pluralversion von gettext(). Einige Sprachen haben abhängig von der Anzahl mehr als eine Form für den Plural.
Parameter-Liste
-
msgid1 -
-
msgid2 -
-
n -
Rückgabewerte
Gibt die korrekte Pluralform zurück, die mittels msgid1
und msgid2 für die Anzahl n
bestimmt wurde.
Beispiele
Beispiel #1 ngettext()-Beispiel
<?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
?>
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User Contributed Notes
ngettext - [7 notes]
hek at theeks dot net ¶
3 years ago
kontakt at somplatzki dot de ¶
5 years ago
It's useful to know how the .po-file has to look like when using ngettext:
msgid "item"
msgid_plural "items"
msgstr[0] "Produkt"
msgstr[1] "Produkte"
In php:
echo ngettext('item', 'items', $number);
peter at ints dot net ¶
4 years ago
Example for russian lang:
file.po:
...
"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2;\n"
...
msgid "File"
msgid_plural "Files"
msgstr[0] "Файл"
msgstr[1] "Файла"
msgstr[2] "Файлов"
...
file.php
...
echo ngettext("File", "Files", $number);
...
tokul at users dot sourceforge dot net ¶
6 years ago
According to GNU gettext manual third argument is unsigned long integer. It must be positive number. If n is negative, it might be evaluated incorrectly in some languages.
mike-php at emerge2 dot com ¶
8 years ago
Section 10.2.5 in the GNU gettext manual explains the ngettext function:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/
(Sorry, but the Add Note function prevents me from including a long URL which points right to that section of the manual.)
stnt at ukr dot net ¶
5 years ago
Another ready to use function for russian plural implementation:
<?php
function plural_str ($i, $str1, $str2, $str3){
function plural ($a){
if ($a%10==1 && $a%100!=11){ return 0; }
elseif($a%10>=2 && $a%10<=4 && ($a%100<10 || $a%100>=20)) { return 1; }
else {
return 2;
}
}
$plural= plural ($i);
switch ($plural) {
case 0:
$out_str = $str1;
break;
case 1:
$out_str = $str2;
break;
default: $out_str = $str3;
}
return $out_str;
}
//// Usage:
$n = 3;
echo $n .' '. plural_str($n, 'тетрадь', 'тетради', 'тетрадей');
//// Output: '3 тетради'
?>
nikolai dot zujev at gmail dot com ¶
7 years ago
This is an implementation for a word ending in russian lang. Also as I know polish and similar langs use same rules:
<?php
/**
* Returns:
* 0, if $n == 1, 21, 31, 41, ...
* 1, if $n == 2..4, 22..24, 32..34, ...
* 2, if $n == 5..20, 25..30, 35..40, ...
*/
function plural( $n )
{
if ( $n % 10 == 1 && $n % 100 != 11 )
{
return 0;
}
if ( $n % 10 >= 2 && $n % 10 <= 4 && ( $n % 100 < 10 || $n % 100 >= 20 ) )
{
return 1;
}
return 2;
}
// usage
for ( $i = 0; $i < 100; $i++ )
{
$x = plural( $i );
printf(
"%d тетрад%s<br/>\n", $i,
( 0 == $x ? 'ь' : ( 1 == $x ? 'и' : 'ей' ) )
);
}
?>
Output:
0 тетрадей
1 тетрадь
2 тетради
3 тетради
4 тетради
5 тетрадей
6 тетрадей
7 тетрадей
8 тетрадей
9 тетрадей
10 тетрадей
...
Also here is short version:
<?php
$n = 17;
print ($n%10==1 && $n%100!=11 ? 0 : ($n%10>=2 && $n%10<=4 && ($n%100<10 || $n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2));
?>
output: 2