# polylang/1.8/include/mo.php

Polylang, version 1.8. 81 lines.

- Page: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/polylang/1.8/code/include/mo.php
- Raw: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/polylang/1.8/raw/include/mo.php
- Modified: 2016-01-19T18:04:42+00:00

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```php
<?php

/*
 * manages strings translations storage
 *
 * @since 1.2
 */
class PLL_MO extends MO {

	/*
	 * registers the polylang_mo custom post type, only at first object creation
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	public function __construct() {
		if ( ! post_type_exists( 'polylang_mo' ) ) {
			register_post_type( 'polylang_mo', array( 'rewrite' => false, 'query_var' => false, '_pll' => true ) );
		}
	}

	/*
	 * writes a PLL_MO object into a custom post
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 *
	 * @param object $lang the language in which we want to export strings
	 */
	public function export_to_db( $lang ) {
		$this->add_entry( $this->make_entry( '', '' ) ); // empty string translation, just in case

		// would be convenient to store the whole object but it would take a huge space in DB
		// so let's keep only the strings in an array
		$strings = array();
		foreach ( $this->entries as $entry ) {
			$strings[] = array( $entry->singular, $this->translate( $entry->singular ) );
		}

		$post = get_post( $lang->mo_id, ARRAY_A ); // wp_insert_post wants an array

		$post['post_title'] = 'polylang_mo_' . $lang->term_id;
		// json_encode would take less space but is slower to decode
		// wp_insert_post expects slashed data
		$post['post_content'] = addslashes( serialize( $strings ) );
		$post['post_status'] = 'private'; // to avoid a conflict with WP Super Cache. See https://wordpress.org/support/topic/polylang_mo-and-404s-take-2
		$post['post_type'] = 'polylang_mo';
		wp_insert_post( $post );
	}

	/*
	 * reads a PLL_MO object from a custom post
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 *
	 * @param object $lang the language in which we want to get strings
	 */
	public function import_from_db( $lang ) {
		if ( ! empty( $lang->mo_id ) ) {
			$post = get_post( $lang->mo_id, OBJECT );
			$strings = unserialize( $post->post_content );
			if ( is_array( $strings ) ) {
				foreach ( $strings as $msg ) {
					$this->add_entry( $this->make_entry( $msg[0], $msg[1] ) );
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/*
	 * returns the post id of the post storing the strings translations
	 *
	 * @since 1.4
	 *
	 * @param object $lang
	 * @return int
	 */
	public static function get_id( $lang ) {
		global $wpdb;
		return $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type= %s", 'polylang_mo_' . $lang->term_id, 'polylang_mo' ) );
	}
}

```