concatenate strings for translation

[Manfred62]

I'm making some tests with translation in the admin. Tried to concatenate this strings, but it doesn't work? Example:

$form->description = __("Translate ", __FILE__) . basename($file, '.module') . __(" to ", __FILE__) . $this->language->title;

Only get the first phrase as translatable field. Can anyone explain this?

[Wanze]

 

There may only be one translation function call per line

See here: http://processwire.com/api/multi-language-support/code-i18n/

[Manfred62]

thanks   Had to read more in the documentation...

[Manfred62]

hmm, just another question. What recommended here? Both are doing it.

"\n\t\t<label for='selected_image_description'>{$this->_('Description')}</label>" . 

or this

"\n\t\t<label for='selected_image_description'>" . $this->_('Description') . "</label>" . 

[adrian]

It really is personal preference, but I think Ryan would most likely go with the first:

Here are a couple of relevant threads/posts:

http://processwire.com/talk/topic/4439-when-do-we-need-curly-brackets/

http://processwire.com/talk/topic/3835-sorting-pages-by-multiple-values/?p=37797

[Manfred62]

ok, shorter is better..