Plural version of gettext

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# ngettext

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

ngettext — Plural version of gettext

### Description

string ngettext ( string `$msgid1` , string `$msgid2` , int `$n` )

The plural version of gettext(). Some languages have more than one form for plural messages dependent on the count.

### Parameters

`msgid1`

`msgid2`

`n`

### Return Values

Returns correct plural form of message identified by `msgid1` and `msgid2` for count `n`.

### Examples

Example #1 ngettext() example

`<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'cs_CZ');
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 1), 1); // 1 okno
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 2), 2); // 2 okna
printf(ngettext("%d window", "%d windows", 5), 5); // 5 oken
?>`

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