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• Started 2 years ago by nickaster
• Latest reply from mwaterous
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Simple PHP Question

1. • 
   • nickaster
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   So, I'm learning how to hack around these bbpress themes pretty nicely, but sometimes the php confounds me. For example, here' some code from a basic front page:

   <th><?php _e('Posts'); ?></th>
   							<th><?php _e('Last Poster'); ?></th>
   							<th><?php _e('Freshness'); ?></th>

   Simple table headers, but what's the point of the php? Why don't I just slap the words in there exactly how I want it? Isn't this just churning resources? Why wouldn't I just do this:

   <th>Posts</th>
   <th>Last Poster</th>
   <th>Freshness</th>

   Thanks!
2. • 
   • mwaterous
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers

   Same concept for bbPress. You could make all those plain text if you like, they're built that way by default for people who need to translate their sites.
3. • 
   • nickaster
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   Okay cool.... so two questions:

   1) Does keeping the PHP there burn resources?
   2) If I don't care about translations, is there any reason to keep that stuff?

   Thanks!
4. • 
   • mwaterous
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   • Posted 2 years ago #

   1) Yes. Not much per, but add them all together... in any site where you expect to have any respectable amount of traffic it's always a good idea to make your templates static where and whenever possible.

   2) Nope.

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