Title: PO::is_final
Published: June 15, 2017
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# PO::is_final( string $context ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#related)

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Helper function for read_entry

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$context`stringrequired

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected static function is_final( $context ) {
    	return ( 'msgstr' === $context ) || ( 'msgstr_plural' === $context );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/pomo/po.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/po.php#L329)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/po.php#L329-L331)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/is_final/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [PO::read_entry()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/po/read_entry/)`wp-includes/pomo/po.php` |  |

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