在WordPress的PHP中添加前导和尾随空间

Question

I use this bit of code:

<ul class="login-links">
    <li>
        <a href="/wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>" class="simplemodal-login"><?php printf(__("Login"))?></a>
        <span id="space-login-string"><?php printf(__(" or "));?></span>
        <a href="/wp-login.php?action=register" class="simplemodal-register"><?php printf(__("Register"))?></a>
    </li>
</ul>

It is a part of a sentence which has to be translated by WPML.
It should look like this: LOGIN OR REGISTER

Does anyone know why the leading and trailing space is trimmed and therefor looks like this: LOGINORREGISTER

It has to be something simple but, stupid me, I can't find it. Please help.

Answer 1

There are two possibilities:

1. The function __() might trim the output or input on its own.
2. The spaces are missing in the translated string.

IMHO, the spaces should not be inside the string which is to be translated, since only "or" needs a translation and making sure that the spaces are inserted is not the translators job.

Edit: As it turned out, the problem was that the three elements Login, or, and Register are floated left. This causes the spaces to be ignored.

To keep the spaces while keeping the three elements in one line, give all three elements display: inline; instead of the floating.

Answer 2

You should refer to the I18n for WordPress Developers docs . The right way of doing this with printf() would be:

printf( __( 'LOGIN %d REGISTER.', 'your-text-domain' ), 'or' );

There are a lot of other ways you could also do it, such as using _e() or __() .