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<h1 class="refname">bindtextdomain</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">bindtextdomain</span> — <span class="dc-title">Sets the path for a domain</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>bindtextdomain</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$domain</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$directory</code></span>
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The <span class="function"><strong>bindtextdomain()</strong></span> function sets the path
for a domain.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">domain</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The domain
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">directory</code></em></span>
<dd>
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The directory path
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.bindtextdomain-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
The full pathname for the <em><code class="parameter">domain</code></em> currently being set.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>bindtextdomain()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$domain </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'myapp'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">bindtextdomain</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$domain</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/usr/share/myapp/locale'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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/usr/share/myapp/locale
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