owenmelbz/php-to-pot

Creates a .pot file for translations based off a directory of php files

PHP to .POT Generator

This is a really simple command line tool which generates a .pot or .po file based off language strings that it finds within the defined directory., _(*1)

Currently it simply accepts 2 paths, an input - which should be a directory of templates, and an output, which is typically a .pot file., _(*2)

Installation

1. composer install owenmelbz/php-to-pot

Optional

Create a composer script to save your little fingers e.g, _(*3)

"scripts": {
    "makepot": "./vendor/bin/php-to-pot -i ./my-template-directory -o ./translation-template.pot"
}

You can then just run composer run makepot to generate your file when needed., _(*4)

Usage

The tool has only 2 params, _(*5)

1. -i/--in (a directory containing files you want to generate translations from)
2. -o/--out (the path/filename of the generated .pot)

e.g, _(*6)

./vendor/bin/php-to-pot -i ./my-templates -o translation-template.pot

Support

• Magento 2
• Wordpress
• Laravel Blade
• Anything else that uses .php extension and a list of the following translation functions

__ n__ p__ _e d__ dn__ dp__ np__ dnp__ noop__ gettext ngettext pgettext dgettext dngettext dpgettext npgettext dnpgettext noop, _(*7)

Disclaimer

Under the hood, this just interfaces with https://github.com/oscarotero/Gettext to allow developers to generate .pot files to send to translators to create the actual .po and .mo files., _(*8)