#16718 [Ana->Bgs]: setlocale() corrupts all functions that depend on it: WDDX, strftime, ucwords

ID: 16718 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: bs_php@infeer.com -Status: Analyzed +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Win 2k PHP Version: 4.1.2 Assigned To: hholzgra New Comment: Please do not submit the same bug more than once. An existing bug report already describes this very problem. Even if you feel that your issue is somewhat different, the resolution is likely to be the same. Because of this, we hope you add your comments to the original bug instead. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Duplicate of bug #14655 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-17 07:40:41] hholzgra@php.net looks like another setlocale/ZTS issue :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-16 08:47:48] cris@tellme.net if you want to resolve this problem change all mssql querys with odbc querys and all will be ok.......................i tryed this and it works.....:):):):) bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-21 06:48:54] bs_php@infeer.com Just managed to get WDDX to run again, but it's rather a coincidence. I was playing around with the setlocale parameters and calling setlocale(LC_ALL,"ge"); Call the script 2x (twice!) and WDDX worked! Immediately commented the setlocale() out after and don't us it on win2k!!! <?php echo setlocale(LC_ALL,"ge"); $in = "ÄÖÜäöü"; $ser = wddx_serialize_value($in); $des = wddx_deserialize($ser); echo "<pre>"; echo htmlspecialchars($ser) . "\n"; var_dump($des); echo "</pre>"; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-21 06:18:07] bs_php@infeer.com Hi First a list of all bug repports that I've found that I think are all caused be the setlocale() function: Note that some assume the bug in WDDX, strftime or ucword but it's acctually the setlocale() that causes it. Bug List: - - - - - WDDX: "german characters cannot be stored" Status:OPEN http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15800 ucwords(): "ucwords failing randomly with international characters" Status:OPEN http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=14655 strftime(): "xml in zlib.xml does not use CDATA for code" " Status:BOGUS http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=14180 mssql_fetch_array(): "French special characters" Status:BOGUS (Not sure about this one) http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16151 setlocale(): "Does it exist some way how to sort Czech texts inside arrays" Status:CLOSED http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10749 Intressting is that bug #14655 and my comment in bug #15800 that it's something random. I'm adding my bug comment from bug #15800 below: > It's very inconsisten! > At first I wasn't using setlocale() and all seamed fine. > But after I called setlocale() the wddx serialize failed all the time! > > Multiple calls of setlocale() produce 2 different results that alternate. > After every Apache restart the results changes sort of randomly! > If setlocale() is commented out, the the last result remains(even after apache is restarted). > > It seams as if setlocale() is writting something wrong to the apache conf. > Reboot didn't help, my wddx serializetion is mucked up now! :( > Don't use it on Win2000!!! Following code was used to test : <?php // setlocale(LC_ALL,"german"); // Commented out at first $in = "ÄÖÜäöü"; $ser = wddx_serialize_value($in); $des = wddx_deserialize($ser); echo "<pre>"; echo htmlspecialchars($ser) . "\n"; var_dump($des); echo "</pre>"; ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16718&edit=1