function st

Translates a string when some systems are not available.

Used during the install process, when database, theme, and localization system is possibly not yet available.

Use t() if your code will never run during the Drupal installation phase. Use st() if your code will only run during installation and never any other time. Use get_t() if your code could run in either circumstance.

See also

t()

get_t()

Related topics

File

includes/install.inc, line 1125

Code

function st($string, array $args = array(), array $options = array()) {
    static $locale_strings = NULL;
    global $install_state;
    if (empty($options['context'])) {
        $options['context'] = '';
    }
    if (!isset($locale_strings)) {
        $locale_strings = array();
        if (isset($install_state['parameters']['profile']) && isset($install_state['parameters']['locale'])) {
            // If the given locale was selected, there should be at least one .po file
            // with its name ending in {$install_state['parameters']['locale']}.po
            // This might or might not be the entire filename. It is also possible
            // that multiple files end with the same extension, even if unlikely.
            $po_files = file_scan_directory('./profiles/' . $install_state['parameters']['profile'] . '/translations', '/' . $install_state['parameters']['locale'] . '\\.po$/', array(
                'recurse' => FALSE,
            ));
            if (count($po_files)) {
                require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/locale.inc';
                foreach ($po_files as $po_file) {
                    _locale_import_read_po('mem-store', $po_file);
                }
                $locale_strings = _locale_import_one_string('mem-report');
            }
        }
    }
    // Transform arguments before inserting them
    foreach ($args as $key => $value) {
        switch ($key[0]) {
            // Escaped only
            case '@':
                $args[$key] = check_plain($value);
                break;
            // Escaped and placeholder
            case '%':
            default:
                $args[$key] = '<em>' . check_plain($value) . '</em>';
                break;
            // Pass-through
            case '!':
        }
    }
    return strtr(!empty($locale_strings[$options['context']][$string]) ? $locale_strings[$options['context']][$string] : $string, $args);
}