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[ticket/12286] Add section about plurals to the coding guidelines

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Joas Schilling 2014-03-18 10:14:11 +01:00
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@ -2363,6 +2363,58 @@ if (utf8_case_fold_nfc($string1) == utf8_case_fold_nfc($string2))
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<h4>Using plurals:</h4>
<p>
The english language is very simple when it comes to plurals.<br />
You have <code>0 elephants</code>, <code>1 elephant</code>, or <code>2+ elephants</code>. So basically you have 2 different forms: one singular and one plural.<br />
But for some other languages this is quite more difficult. Let's take the Bosnian language as another example:<br />
You have <code>[1/21/31] slon</code>, <code>[2/3/4] slona</code>, <code>[0/5/6] slonova</code> and <code>[7/8/9/11] ...</code> and some more difficult rules.
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<p>Therefor we introduced a <a href="https://wiki.phpbb.com/Plural_Rules">plural system</a> that deals with this kind of problems.</p>
<p>The php Code will basically look like this:</p>
<div class="codebox"><pre>
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$user->lang('NUMBER_OF_ELEFANTS', $number_of_elefants);
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<p>And the English translation would be:</p>
<div class="codebox"><pre>
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'NUMBER_OF_ELEFANTS' => array(
0 => 'You have no elephant', // Optional special case for 0
1 => 'You have 1 elephant', // Singular
2 => 'You have %d elephant', // Plural
),
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<p>While the Bosnian translation can have more cases:</p>
<div class="codebox"><pre>
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'NUMBER_OF_ELEFANTS' => array(
0 => 'You have no slonova', // Optional special case for 0
1 => 'You have %d slon', // Used for 1, 21, 31, ..
2 => 'You have %d slona', // Used for 5, 6,
3 => ...
),
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> It is okay to use plurals for an unknown number compared to a single item, when the number is not known and displayed:</p>
<div class="codebox"><pre>
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'MODERATOR' => 'Moderator', // Your board has 1 moderator
'MODERATORS' => 'Moderators', // Your board has multiple moderators
...
</pre></div>
<a name="writingstyle"></a><h3>6.iii. Writing Style</h3>
<h4>Miscellaneous tips &amp; hints:</h4>