Title: WP_Translation_File_PHP
Published: April 3, 2024
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# class WP_Translation_File_PHP {}

## In this article

 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Class [WP_Translation_File_PHP](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/).

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_Translation_File_PHP::export](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/export/) | Exports translation contents as a string. | 
| [WP_Translation_File_PHP::parse_file](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/parse_file/) | Parses the file. | 
| [WP_Translation_File_PHP::var_export](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/var_export/) | Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable. |

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

    ```php
    class WP_Translation_File_PHP extends WP_Translation_File {
    	/**
    	 * Parses the file.
    	 *
    	 * @since 6.5.0
    	 */
    	protected function parse_file() {
    		$this->parsed = true;

    		$result = include $this->file;
    		if ( ! $result || ! is_array( $result ) ) {
    			$this->error = 'Invalid data';
    			return;
    		}

    		if ( isset( $result['messages'] ) && is_array( $result['messages'] ) ) {
    			foreach ( $result['messages'] as $original => $translation ) {
    				$this->entries[ (string) $original ] = $translation;
    			}
    			unset( $result['messages'] );
    		}

    		$this->headers = array_change_key_case( $result );
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Exports translation contents as a string.
    	 *
    	 * @since 6.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @return string Translation file contents.
    	 */
    	public function export(): string {
    		$data = array_merge( $this->headers, array( 'messages' => $this->entries ) );

    		return '<?php' . PHP_EOL . 'return ' . $this->var_export( $data ) . ';' . PHP_EOL;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Outputs or returns a parsable string representation of a variable.
    	 *
    	 * Like var_export() but "minified", using short array syntax
    	 * and no newlines.
    	 *
    	 * @since 6.5.0
    	 *
    	 * @param mixed $value The variable you want to export.
    	 * @return string The variable representation.
    	 */
    	private function var_export( $value ): string {
    		if ( ! is_array( $value ) ) {
    			return var_export( $value, true );
    		}

    		$entries = array();

    		$is_list = array_is_list( $value );

    		foreach ( $value as $key => $val ) {
    			$entries[] = $is_list ? $this->var_export( $val ) : var_export( $key, true ) . '=>' . $this->var_export( $val );
    		}

    		return '[' . implode( ',', $entries ) . ']';
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translation-file-php.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translation-file-php.php#L15)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translation-file-php.php#L15-L79)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Translation_File](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file/)`wp-includes/l10n/class-wp-translation-file.php` |

Class [WP_Translation_File](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file/).

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_translation_file_php/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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