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JLanguage::_

Description

Translate function, mimics the php gettext (alias _) function.

public function _ (
        $string
        $jsSafe=false
        $interpretBackSlashes=true
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$string	string		The string to translate
$jsSafe	boolean	false	Make the result javascript safe
$interpretBackSlashes	boolean	true	$interpretBackslashes Interpret and

• Returns string The translation of the string
• Defined on line 276 of libraries/joomla/language/language.php
• Since

See also

• JLanguage::_ source code on BitBucket
• Class JLanguage
• Subpackage Language
• Other versions of JLanguage::_

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