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bindtextdomain

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

bindtextdomainSets or gets the path for a domain

Опис

bindtextdomain(string $domain, ?string $directory): string|false

The bindtextdomain() function sets or gets the path for a domain.

Параметри

domain

The domain.

directory

The directory path. An empty string means the current directory. If null, the currently set directory is returned.

Значення, що повертаються

The full pathname for the domain currently being set, або false в разі помилки.

Журнал змін

Версія Опис
8.0.3 directory is nullable now. Previously, it was not possible to retrieve the currently set directory.

Приклади

Приклад #1 bindtextdomain() example

<?php

$domain
= 'myapp';
echo
bindtextdomain($domain, '/usr/share/myapp/locale');

?>

Поданий вище приклад виведе:

/usr/share/myapp/locale

Примітки

Зауваження:

The bindtextdomain() information is maintained per process, not per thread.

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roel dot vermeulen at gmail dot com
8 years ago
I recommend using absolute paths in the $directory parameter. This caused me several hours to debug as Ajax calls to my localization functions messed up the path. And since no error if thrown if the path in $directory cannot be found, one should check the result always:

<?php
// Imagine the path for this file is "/localization" and your locales are in the "/locale" directory.
$pathToDomain = __DIR__ . "/../locale";
if (
$pathToDomain != bindtextdomain($domain, $pathToDomain)) {
// Error handling.
}
?>
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n8klatt
9 years ago
The name of your .mo file must match the $domain, e.g. name your files messages.mo and call bindtextdomain("messages", $directory).
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