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ngettext

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

ngettext -- Plural version of gettext

Description

string ngettext ( string msgid1, string msgid2, int n )

ngettext() returns correct plural form of message identified by msgid1 and msgid2 for count n. Some languages have more than one form for plural messages dependent on the 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

?>