#49254 [Bgs]: setlocale affects math functions

ID: 49254 User updated by: stakadush at yahoo dot com Reported By: stakadush at yahoo dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Math related Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04 & OS X 10.5.7 PHP Version: 5.3.0 New Comment: hey this was not the case in 5.2 (i've verified with latest 5.2.10), and the documentation doesn't say anything about this either. actually, for the function from the example (abs) it says the return value will be either integer or float - but a string is being returned. also in the setlocale documentation there's no mentioning of this behavior, or a behavior change from 5.2. setlocale should (and until 5.2 did) affect only functions which are used for display, such as number_format - where you'd expect this. anyway, how helpful is it when you need to do calculations? it's only useful for display purposes. please recheck/reconsider. thanks. :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-08-17 09:40:20] jani@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-08-14 14:49:35] stakadush at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ setlocalte affects the return of math functions, making them unusable. in this example the dot is being replaced with the italian comma notation. Reproduce code: --------------- setlocale(LC_ALL, 'it_IT.UTF-8'); echo abs(-5.5); Expected result: ---------------- 5.5 Actual result: -------------- 5,5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49254&edit=1