why are the extracted files from tool .pot and not .po ?

[giannik]

Why is the extnesion of the files generated as .pot ? I mean when i copy them to the Localization folder in my web project shoud'nt they be renamed to *.po extension ?

[hishamco]

Please refer to this article first https://www.icanlocalize.com/site/tutorials/how-to-translate-with-gettext-po-and-pot-files

[giannik]

Thank you. Got it.