What is this?

mo2array is a PHP class for decoding GNU gettext machine object (.mo) files to array.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0+

Usage

Decode .mo file contents:

$mo = file_get_contents("example.mo");
$throw_exceptions = false;
$array = \xenocrat\mo2array::decode($mo, $throw_exceptions);
print_r($array);

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => 
                )
            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Language: it_IT
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
Project-Id-Version: 
PO-Revision-Date: 
Last-Translator: 
Language-Team: 
X-Generator: Poedit 2.2.4
                )
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => goodbye
                )
            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => arrivederci
                )
        )
    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => hello
                )
            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => ciao
                )
        )
    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [0] => message
                    [1] => messages
                )
            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => messagio
                    [1] => messagi
                )
        )
)

Return values

Returns an array of the original strings and translation strings discovered in the .mo file, or false if the file contents cannot be decoded. Optionally the class will throw exceptions in case of decoding failure.

Strings discovered in the .mo file are returned as encoded.