Bug #67423 [Opn->Nab]: ngettext() returns po file headers when first param is an empty string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67423&edit=1 ID: 67423 Updated by: santiagolizardo@php.net Reported by: phil at propcom dot co dot uk Summary: ngettext() returns po file headers when first param is an empty string -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Gettext related Operating System: Centos PHP Version: 5.4.29 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 Despite being a bit confusing, that's what the gettext library is supposed to be returning when you give an empty string for translation. If you are curious about the reason, please read the MO format section of gettext from its official website: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#MO-Files "Having the original strings sorted enables the use of simple binary search, for when the MO file does not contain an hashing table, or for when it is not practical to use the hashing table provided in the MO file. This also has another advantage, as the empty string in a PO file GNU gettext is usually translated into some system information attached to that particular MO file, and the empty string necessarily becomes the first in both the original and translated tables, making the system information very easy to find." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-06-11 21:16:08] phil at propcom dot co dot uk Description: ------------ When ngettext is called with an empty string as the first parameter, it returns the unparsed headers from the PO (or indeed MO) file. Test script: --------------- https://gist.github.com/phil-lavin/ac3e3c20fd0e902f6f88 Expected result: ---------------- 1 Produkt <no output> Actual result: -------------- As per Gist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67423&edit=1