What does PHP's underscore function do?

Question

What does this function do?

_()

Can you link me to the relevant documentation, as searching for "_" is nigh on impossible?

score 31 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:45

31

If you open http://www.php.net/_ you get to the documentation of the _() function and see its for localization stuff (gettext).

answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:45

Progman

score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 05 '10 at 10:49

14

_() is an alias of gettext().

edited Aug 05 '10 at 10:49

Sarfraz

answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:48

gnud

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:47

11

It's an alias for the gettext() function.

answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:47

Mark Cidade

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

3

Note sure I understand your question but here are some explanations for common scenarios.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

Community

answered Aug 05 '10 at 10:47

Treffynnon

4 Answers4