Plurals

fbt:plural provides you with a shorthand way for plural variations.

<fbt desc="plural example">

You have

<fbt:plural

count="<?=getLikeCount()?>"

name="number of likes"

showCount="ifMany"

many="likes">

a like

</fbt:plural>

on your

<fbt:plural

count="<?=getPhotoCount()?>"

showCount="no">

photo

</fbt:plural>.

</fbt>

OR

fbt(

'You have ' .

fbt::plural('a like', getLikeCount(), [

'name' => 'number of likes',

'showCount' => 'ifMany',

'many' => 'likes',

]) .

' on your ' .

fbt::plural('photo', getPhotoCount()) . '.',

'plural example',

);

Both the above examples generate the following during collection.

"phrases": [

{

"hashToText": {

"90d6ec6e0a0483edd5e9754592a4ac61": "You have {number of likes} likes on your photos.",

"158a5d707da85b56353cdfc05c92f4e9": "You have {number of likes} likes on your photo.",

"421273e69049f26d76c70fb33c6a9aea": "You have a like on your photos.",

"279c992f92809657b1240d1c955615a3": "You have a like on your photo."

},

"type": "table",

"desc": "plural example",

...

}

]

Required arguments:

• singular phrase string: HTML child in <fbt:plural> and argument 1 in fbt::plural
• count number: count in <fbt:plural> and argument 2 in fbt::plural

Optional arguments:

• many string: Represents the plural form of the string in English. Default is $singular . 's'

• showCount "yes"|"no"|"ifMany": Whether to show the {number} in the string. Note that the singular phrase never has a token, but inlines to 1. This is to account for languages like Hebrew for which showing the actual number isn't appropriate

  • "no": (DEFAULT) Don't show the count
  • "ifMany": Show the count only in plural case
  • "yes": Show the count in all cases

• name string: Name of the token where count shows up. (Default: "number")

• value mixed: For overriding the displayed number