_ex() │ WP 3.0.0

Displays translated text (string) with specified context.

This function simply displays what _x() retrieve. For more detailed information about context translation, see the description of _x().

This is an internal function for using it by WP core itself. It's not recommended to use this function in your code.

Uses: _x()

1 time — 0.00004 sec (very fast) | 50000 times — 0.14 sec (very fast) | PHP 7.1.2, WP 4.7.3

No Hooks.

null. Nothing (null). Displays translated text or original text if the string could not be translated.

<?php _ex( $text, $context, $domain ); ?>

$text(string) (required): Text to translate.
$context(string) (required): Context information for the translators.
$domain(string): Text domain. Unique identifier for retrieving translated strings.
Default: 'default'

Here translates the string Format in the context of post format.

<?php _ex( 'Format', 'post format', 'text_domain' ); ?>

Now, for example, if we translate to Russian, this code will display the translation of Format > Формат.

Since 3.0.0

Introduced.

function _ex( $text, $context, $domain = 'default' ) {
	echo _x( $text, $context, $domain );
}