#17079 [Bgs->Opn]: setlocale changes the internal representation of floats

From: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:56:09 +0000
Subject: #17079 [Bgs->Opn]: setlocale changes the internal representation of floats
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 ID:               17079
 User updated by:  jonathan@tricolon.com
 Reported By:      jonathan@tricolon.com
-Status:           Bogus
+Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.1
 PHP Version:      4.3.0 RC2
 Assigned To:      hholzgra
 New Comment:

> You should not use ',' to represent floats
> ALWAYS use '.' regardless of locale.

This is exactly the problem. When the locale is changed to Dutch the
internal representation of floats is changed. The separator used is
changed to ','. This behaviour is incorrect and should be fixed. Check
my initial and second post for a detailed description.

Thanks,
Jonathan


Previous Comments:
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[2002-12-16 08:46:12] iliaa@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

You should not use ',' to represent floats ALWAYS use '.' regardless of
locale.

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[2002-12-16 05:22:24] jonathan@tricolon.com

As Alexander points out, the bug is still available.

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[2002-12-03 07:41:04] flying@dom.natm.ru

This bug seems to be still available. Àt least i can reproduce it with
4.3.0RC2 on Windows 2000 with locale set to 'ru'. 

<?php
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'en');
echo ('1.123'*'5').'<br>';
echo ('1,123'*'5').'<br>';
setlocale (LC_ALL, 'ru');
echo ('1.123'*'5').'<br>';
echo ('1,123'*'5').'<br>';
?>

Results are:
5.615
5
5
5,615

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[2002-10-10 11:53:59] iliaa@php.net

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged
every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can
grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/.
 
In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at
http://www.php.net/manual/.

In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show
up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.



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[2002-08-28 21:14:36] sniper@php.net

one more locale bug..


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