Plugin for advanced pluralization with language variables

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I created a plugin that can help you handle pluralization in strings with variables, which can be tricky. It uses language variables, so you can translate a string according to each language’s own plural forms, as defined in the Unicode CLDR.

You can translate cardinal, ordinal, and range plurals. If you have these translations in en.php:

'translations' => [
    'apples' => [
        'one' => '{{ count }} apple',
        'other' => '{{ count }} apples'
    ],
    'place' => [
        'one' => '{{ position }}st',
        'two' => '{{ position }}nd',
        'few' => '{{ position }}rd',
        'other' => '{{ position }}th'
    ],
    'cookies' => [
        'other' => '{{ start }}-{{ end }} cookies'
    ]
]

…you can use the provided tp() helper function to get the correct plural form:

tp('apples', [ 'count' => 1 ]);                 // 1 apple
tp('apples', [ 'count' => 3 ]);                 // 3 apples
tp('place', [ 'position' => 1 ]);               // 1st
tp('place', [ 'position' => 103 ]);             // 103rd
tp('cookies', [ 'start' => 3, 'end' => 4 ]);    // 3-4 cookies

Check it here:

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Awesome!! I just added it to the directory.

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