Title: wp_get_l10n_php_file_data
Published: July 16, 2024
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_get_l10n_php_file_data( string $php_file ): string[]

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Extracts headers from a PHP translation file.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$php_file`stringrequired

Path to a `.l10n.php` file.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string[] Array of file header values keyed by header name.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_get_l10n_php_file_data( $php_file ) {
    	$data = (array) include $php_file;

    	unset( $data['messages'] );
    	$headers = array(
    		'POT-Creation-Date'  => 'pot-creation-date',
    		'PO-Revision-Date'   => 'po-revision-date',
    		'Project-Id-Version' => 'project-id-version',
    		'X-Generator'        => 'x-generator',
    	);

    	$result = array(
    		'POT-Creation-Date'  => '',
    		'PO-Revision-Date'   => '',
    		'Project-Id-Version' => '',
    		'X-Generator'        => '',
    	);

    	foreach ( $headers as $po_header => $php_header ) {
    		if ( isset( $data[ $php_header ] ) ) {
    			$result[ $po_header ] = $data[ $php_header ];
    		}
    	}

    	return $result;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/l10n.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n.php#L1681)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/l10n.php#L1681-L1706)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_get_installed_translations()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_installed_translations/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Gets installed translations.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_l10n_php_file_data/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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