# phpman > man > Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML(3pm)

## NAME
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AYAML/markdown) - YAML format parser

## VERSION
    version 1.00

## SYNOPSIS
        $plugin = [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AYAML/markdown)->new(
            $lexicon            # A [Locale::Maketext::Extract](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract/markdown) object
            @file_types         # Optionally specify a list of recognised file types
        )

        $plugin->extract($filename,$filecontents);

## DESCRIPTION
    Extracts strings to localise from YAML files.

## SHORT PLUGIN NAME
        yaml

## VALID FORMATS
    Valid formats are:

    *
            key: _"string"

    *
            key: _'string'

    *
            key: _'string with embedded 'quotes''

    *
            key: |-
                 _'my folded
                 string
                 to translate'

        Note, the left hand side of the folded string must line up with the "_", otherwise YAML adds
        spaces at the beginning of each line.

    *
            key: |-
                 _'my block
                 string
                 to translate
                 '
        Note, you must use the trailing C<-> so that YAMl doesn't add a carriage
        return after your final quote.

## KNOWN FILE TYPES
    .yaml
    .yml
    .conf

## REQUIRES
    YAML

## NOTES
    The docs for the YAML module describes it as alpha code. It is not as tolerant of errors as
    [YAML::Syck](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/YAML%3A%3ASyck/markdown). However, because it is pure Perl, it is easy to hook into.

    I have seen it enter endless loops, so if xgettext.pl hangs, try running it again with
    "--verbose --verbose" (twice) enabled, so that you can see if the fault lies with YAML. If it
    does, either correct the YAML source file, or use the file_types to exclude that file.

## SEE ALSO
    xgettext.pl
        for extracting translatable strings from common template systems and perl source files.

    YAML
    [Locale::Maketext::Lexicon](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3ALexicon/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Base](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ABase/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::FormFu](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AFormFu/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Perl](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3APerl/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TT2](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ATT2/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Mason](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AMason/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TextTemplate](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ATextTemplate/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AGeneric/markdown)

## AUTHORS
    Clinton Gormley <<clint@traveljury.com>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2002-2013 by Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>.

    This software is released under the MIT license cited below.

  The "MIT" License
    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
    and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
    restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
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    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
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## AUTHORS
    *   Clinton Gormley <<drtech@cpan.org>>

    *   Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Audrey Tang.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The MIT (X11) License