Title: PHP Question
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# PHP Question

 *  [eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eli2k/)
 * (@eli2k)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/)
 * I noticed a particular theme used the following PHP line:
 * <?php _e(‘Archives’); ?>
 * I was wondering what that does, because it seems to generate the text Archives
   in its place, and it would seem easier to just type Archives instead of including
   in the PHP code, but I’m assuming _e() must be doing something else.
 * Thank you.

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 *  [eridan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eridan/)
 * (@eridan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/#post-185430)
 * It’s just ‘echoing’ the test. (printing it on your website)
 *  Thread Starter [eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eli2k/)
 * (@eli2k)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/#post-185431)
 * Thanks for the quick reply.
 * Is this a programming style preference, or is there any advantage to doing that?
 *  [eridan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eridan/)
 * (@eridan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/#post-185435)
 * I don’t see the advantage doing it 🙂
 *  [junebleeds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junebleeds/)
 * (@junebleeds)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/#post-185441)
 * [Localizing WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Localizing_WordPress)
 * Take a look under the “Localization Technology” heading. It’ll tell you exactly
   what _e(‘message’) and __(‘message’) is for. Hope that helps a little.
 *  Thread Starter [eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eli2k/)
 * (@eli2k)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-question-2/#post-185494)
 * Thanks. That provided a good explanation. 🙂

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