(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ngettext — Plural version of gettext
$singular
, string $plural
, int $count
): stringThe plural version of gettext(). Some languages have more than one form for plural messages dependent on the count.
singular
The singular message ID.
plural
The plural message ID.
count
The number (e.g. item count) to determine the translation for the respective grammatical number.
Returns correct plural form of message identified by
singular
and plural
for count count
.
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
?>