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1. Amulet
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Frequently in the templates, I see code like this:

   <?php _e("by")?>

   I understand what it's doing, but what exactly is _e? I didn't see that in the Template Tags, Conditional Tags or one other page about tags that I viewed in the Codex, and searching for "_e" doesn't result in anything. Where is this set? Thanks!

2. Beel
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Used for language translatons, entiende?

   _e('Category') = Categoria

3. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   You can read about it here:
   Translating_WordPress#Localization_Technology

4. leliathomas
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Not a huge explanation, but from the Writing a Plugin page from the Codex:

   _e($message, $domain)
   Searches the localization module for the translation of $message, and passes the translation to the PHP echo statement. If no translation is found for $message, it just echoes $message.

   __() is used when the message is passed as an argument to another function; _e() is used to write the message directly to the page.

   Lelia Katherine Thomas
   http://www.leliathomas.com

5. Beel
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Moshu/Localization

6. Amulet
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thanks, all! Much appreciated!

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