Why use xl() function?

system · December 26, 2013, 4:48am

simpleone81 wrote on Thursday, December 26, 2013:

I am looking at some of the source code and it appears that xl(string s) will always return the exact string s? Then why do we still use this function? we could just use the literal string s instead, right?

Just curious… Can anyone comment on this? thanks.

system · December 26, 2013, 5:45am

openemrdev wrote on Thursday, December 26, 2013:

Xl function used for translations

see the latest for translation

github.com

openemr/openemr/blob/master/library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php

<?php
/**
 * library/htmlspecialchars.inc.php Escaping Functions
 *
 * Copyright © 2011 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
 * This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * @package OpenEMR
 * @author Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

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system · December 26, 2013, 5:56am

visolveemr wrote on Thursday, December 26, 2013:

Hi
The main php function used for translation is xl(), basically all of labels and messages have to go through this function.
It is the standard translation function. You can find more details here.

The related detailed discussion can be found in this thread.

Thanks
OpenEMR Customization/Support provider,
ViSolve Inc
services@visolve.com

system · December 27, 2013, 5:30am

simpleone81 wrote on Friday, December 27, 2013:

I see. thanks.