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Asked: 2026-05-24T13:14:23+00:00

I think I’m repeating too much in the following if-statement: <?php $current_language = get_bloginfo(

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I think I’m repeating too much in the following if-statement:

<?php $current_language = get_bloginfo( 'language' ); ?>
<div id="next">
    <?php if ( $current_language == 'es-ES' ) : ?>
        <?php next_post_link( '%link', 'Proyecto Siguiente ' . _x( '', 'next post link', 'twentyten' ) . '' ); ?>
    <?php elseif ( $current_language == 'zh-TW' ) : ?>
        <?php next_post_link( '%link', '下一個項目 ' . _x( '', 'next post link', 'twentyten' ) . '' ); ?>
    <?php elseif ( $current_language == 'zh-CN' ) : ?>
        <?php next_post_link( '%link', '下一个项目 ' . _x( '', 'next post link', 'twentyten' ) . '' ); ?>
    <?php else : ?>
        <?php next_post_link( '%link', 'Next Project ' . _x( '', 'next post link', 'twentyten' ) . '' ); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div id="prev">
    <?php if ( $current_language == 'es-ES' ) : ?>
        <?php previous_post_link( '%link', '' . _x( '', 'previous post link', 'twentyten' ) . ' Proyecto Anterior' ); ?>
    <?php elseif ( $current_language == 'zh-TW' ) : ?>
        <?php previous_post_link( '%link', '' . _x( '', 'previous post link', 'twentyten' ) . ' 上一個項目' ); ?>
    <?php elseif ( $current_language == 'zh-CN' ) : ?>
        <?php previous_post_link( '%link', '' . _x( '', 'previous post link', 'twentyten' ) . ' 上一个项目' ); ?>
    <?php else : ?>
        <?php previous_post_link( '%link', '' . _x( '', 'previous post link', 'twentyten' ) . ' Previous Project' ); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>

(The repetition of php tags is a WordPress convention I think).

I wonder if there’s a way of not repeating the previous_post_link and next_post_link functions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, one thing is that you don’t have to wrap every line in <?php ... ?> tags. And since you’re repeating the same thing quite a lot, you could use an array instead:

    <div id="next">
<?php 
$current_language = get_bloginfo( 'language' ); 
$translations = array( 
    'es-ES' => 'Proyecto Siguiente',
    'zh-TW' => '下一個項目',
    'zh-CN' => '下一个项目',
    'en-GB' => 'Next Project'
);

if( !isset( $translations[ $current_language ] ) ) {
    $current_language = 'en-GB';
}

next_post_link( '%link', $translations[ $current_language ].' ' . _x( '', 'next post link', 'twentyten' ) . '' ); 
?>

    If you’re translating every string in your app like this, it might be worth considering a more general system behind it like gettext.

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