(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ngettext — Plural version of gettext
$msgid1
, string $msgid2
, int $n
)The plural version of gettext(). Some languages have more than one form for plural messages dependent on the count.
msgid1The singular message ID.
msgid2The plural message ID.
nThe number (e.g. item count) to determine the translation for the respective grammatical number.
Returns correct plural form of message identified by
msgid1 and msgid2
for count n.
Example #1 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
?>