i18n.php

function _( $str )

Mimics the behavior of gettext.

Parameters

Returns

The translated string.  If no translated version is found for the current language, then the str parameter is returned.

function fmtdate( $fmt,    $ts  =  false )

Print a formatted date.

This function exists because strftime prints localized strings using the local character set.  So, for example, if you are running on Windows and set the locale to “rus” (Russian”), then you get a the Windows Russian date, which is in whatever 2-byte encoding Windows uses for Russian.  Needless to say, this breaks the page.

The ugly, hacky solution is to offer the user the alternative of using strftime, which respects the locale and hence causes problems, or date, which is stupid and ignores the locale.

Parameters

Returns

The formatted date string.

function p_( $str )

A convenience funtion to print a translated string.

Parameters

function pf_()

A convenience function that mixes translation with printf.

Parameters

Takes a variable list of parameters, the first of which is a format string for printf, which will be translated.  The remainder are the substitution variables for printf.

function spf_()

A convenience function that mixes translation with sprintf.

Parameters

Takes a variable list of parameters, the first of which is a format string for printf, which will be translated.  The remainder are the substitution variables for printf.

Returns

The first argument, translated with the the other arguments substituted for the appropriate scancodes.