ID: 17079
Updated by: iliaa@php.net
Reported By: jonathan@tricolon.com
-Status: Verified
+Status: Closed
Bug Type: *Languages/Translation
Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.1
PHP Version: 4.1.2
Assigned To: hholzgra
New Comment:
This bug has been fixed in CVS.
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Previous Comments:
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[2002-08-28 21:14:36] sniper@php.net
one more locale bug..
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[2002-05-23 10:44:35] jonathan@tricolon.com
I didn't hear anything anymore, so I am just curious if this was picked
up... Thanks, Jonathan
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[2002-05-08 04:14:04] jonathan@tricolon.com
Hi somehow it has to do with converting 'numberic'-strings to floats as
the script below shows:
<?
$rate1 = 1.123;
$amount1 = 5;
$rate2 = "1.123";
$amount2 = "5";
// set locale to English to handle the floatingpoints correctly
// first calculation with floats
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'en_US');
echo "This should be correct:<br><br>";
echo $rate1." * ".$amount1." = ".($rate1*$amount1);
// second calculation with floats converted from strings
echo "<br><br>This should be correct as well:<br><br>";
echo $rate2." * ".$amount2." = ".($rate2*$amount2);
// set locale to Dutch to show misbehaviour
// first calculation with floats
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'nl_NL');
echo "<br><br>This should still be correct:<br><br>";
echo $rate1." * ".$amount1." = ".($rate1*$amount1);
// second calculation with floats converted from strings
echo "<br><br>This should be wrong:<br><br>";
echo $rate2." * ".$amount2." = ".($rate2*$amount2);
?>
Hope this shows the 'bug' correctly!
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[2002-05-07 14:36:57] mfischer@php.net
This is dangerous indeed. We've had already reports about this (forgot
#, or did it even only came up on php-dev@?).
Though It may sound trivial, please provide a short self-contained
script showing the (mis-)behaviour.
Marking as critical for now.
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[2002-05-07 14:02:11] jonathan@tricolon.com
If I set my locale to Dutch in my php-script that converts currencies
for a Dutch site, I noticed that also the internal representation of
floats change as well. In Europe an amount of tenthousand dollars is
written as follows: $10.000,00 unlike the USA $10,000.00
So if I set the locale to "nl_NL" the internal representation of a
float with a point to seperate the integer part from the decimals (for
example: $amount = 68.123) is changed to a representation of a comma
','. I would like to see it changed because it messes up calculations
and the different locale settings should (IMHO) apply only to output
function and such.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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