Title: function _
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# function _

 *  [eadz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eadz/)
 * (@eadz)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-_/)
 * Hi,
    In the process of stealing some code, I came across this in b2functions.
   php : if (!function_exists(‘_’)) { function _($string) { return $string; } } 
   Now, I’m just wondering out of curiosity , what this does or the reason for it?

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 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-_/#post-22756)
 * I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you.
 *  [codergurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codergurl/)
 * (@codergurl)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-_/#post-22824)
 * it looks useless =P
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-_/#post-22827)
 * Remove it at your peril. 😉

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-_/#post-22827)
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