[wp-hackers] two-underscore function arguments?

Christian Bolstad kers at atdt.nu
Wed Dec 2 09:02:50 UTC 2009


On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Ghodmode <ghodmode at ghodmode.com> wrote:

> What's the syntax of the __() function?  Can someone send me a link to
> the documentation that explains it?
>

The documentation for the function can be found at
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/_2 - also look at
http://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress to get more insights on the
gettext-mechanism behind it.



> I'm looking through the code of an existing WP plugin and I hope to be
> able to change it to meet my needs.  I've seen the __() function for the
> first time and I'm wondering exactly how it works.  Here's an example:
>
> __('Duration', 'wpevents')
>
> Searching the web tells me it has something to do with translation, but
> all of the examples I've seen only have one argument.  What's that
> second argument?
>
> Thank you.
>
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