What is the best way to incorporate gettext variables in JavaScript for a multilingual PHP website?

To incorporate gettext variables in JavaScript for a multilingual PHP website, you can use the `json_encode` function in PHP to encode the gettext variables as JSON data, which can then be accessed by JavaScript. This allows you to pass the translated strings from PHP to JavaScript seamlessly. 

<?php
// Set the locale for gettext
$locale = 'fr_FR';
putenv("LC_ALL=$locale");
setlocale(LC_ALL, $locale);
bindtextdomain('messages', 'path/to/locale/directory');
textdomain('messages');

// Gettext variables to be passed to JavaScript
$translations = [
    'hello' => gettext('Hello'),
    'goodbye' => gettext('Goodbye'),
];

// Encode gettext variables as JSON data
$translations_json = json_encode($translations);
?>

<script>
// Access translated strings in JavaScript
var translations = <?php echo $translations_json; ?>;
console.log(translations.hello);
console.log(translations.goodbye);
</script>

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