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: ------------ 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: --------------- 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: ---------------- I would have expected gettext to work the same on both servers. Actual result: -------------- 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. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43570&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43570&r=mysqlcfg