Replacing Parameters In Translation Strings

If you wish, you may define placeholders in your translation strings. All placeholders are prefixed with a :. For example, you may define a welcome message with a placeholder name:

'welcome' => 'Welcome, :name',

To replace the placeholders when retrieving a translation string, pass an array of replacements as the second argument to the __ function:

echo __('messages.welcome', ['name' => 'dayle']);

If your placeholder contains all capital letters, or only has its first letter capitalized, the translated value will be capitalized accordingly:

'welcome' => 'Welcome, :NAME', // Welcome, DAYLE
'goodbye' => 'Goodbye, :Name', // Goodbye, Dayle

Localization

• Introduction
• Configuring The Locale
• Using Translation Strings As Keys
• Replacing Parameters In Translation Strings
• Pluralization
• Overriding Package Language Files