From: foo at snarf dot de
Operating system: Debian etch 2.6.18-5-xen-amd64
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Gettext related
Bug description: reason for some gettext errors found, need fix in interface
Description:
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gettext works fine on one server, the precisely same source and .mo-Files
fail to work on another (same OS, same PHP versions).
Reproduce code:
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See some minimal gettext sample code on the web like the one below, it
happens with all, really.
<?php
setlocale(LC_MESSAGES,'az_AZ');
bindtextdomain("test","./locale");
textdomain("test");
echo _("text to translate");
?>
Expected result:
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I would have expected gettext to work the same on both servers.
Actual result:
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One server returned the expected result, the other just returned the
message ID (gettext parameter).
I've found some similar reports on the web and here, but no solution yet;
that's why I dug into it.
Turns out, even if the correct .mo file is in the correct location,
gettext fails if the respective *system* locale isn't installed.
This is (somewhat) documented behaviour. But one doesn't get an exception,
log entry or error message - just the default value. Which makes it REALLY
hard to debug, especially when the server is a remote web host.
I suggest changing the gettext interface such as not finding the system
locales for the selected language (if they are _really_ necessary) throws
an Exception the fact.
That way, people at least know what happened.
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Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
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