Some simple gettext

First, variables need to be swapped out with printf or one of its derivatives:

sprintf(_(“The value is: %s”), $value);

You can compile in comments which will show in your output file:

xgettext –add-comments=///

Static items in PHP can be problematic:

class foo {
static $bar = _(“translate”);
}

will produce a parse error. For static items, we’ve moved them below the class so they are still set upon file inclusion:

class foo {
static $bar;
}
foo::$bar = _(“translate”);

Another related problem: default method parameters will also produce a parse error.

function upgrade($upgradable = _(“default”)) { return true; }

These will also need to be moved to defaults inside the method for PHP to play nicely with gettext.