Bug #8969 Updated: Gettext does not work

ID: 8969 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: teejun@vallcom.com -Status: Analyzed +Status: Bogus -Bug Type: Documentation problem +Bug Type: Gettext related Operating System: Linux RedHat 7.0 PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to report a problem with PHP. Unfortunately your version of PHP is too old -- the problem might already be fixed. Please download a new PHP version from http://www.php.net/downloads.php If you are able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest versions of PHP, please change the PHP version on this bug report to the version you tested and change the status back to "Open". Again, thank you for your continued support of PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-02-01 10:18:40] sniper@php.net The documentation for gettext should be expanded a bit. More examples and a link to the GNU gettext manual would be nice.. :) --Jani ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-01-31 05:13:31] teejun@vallcom.com I have done a bit more testing. If I add: setlocale("LC_ALL", "fi_FI"); or just (for the messages): setlocale("LC_MESSAGES", "fi_FI"); Then the gettext function gives me the correct text in Finnish. It seems to be so that this has something to do with the latest updates (glibc?) for linux. The real problem is that if I need to make translations for languages I do not have any locales installed on the system it does not work. It used to, and it still should work. The "gettext" in linux distribution works by just defining LANG, it does not need the whole locale. IMHO: when I say: putenv("LANG=fi"); bindtextdomain("rpm", "/usr/share/local"); the gettext should look in /usr/share/local/fi/rpm.mo for the strings. When I trace the program I can see that it does not go further than: lstat ("/usr/share/locale",... I feel that it tries to find out the last directory name in /usr/lib/locale/fi/LC... which does not exist). Regards, Teemu Junnila ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-01-28 14:30:38] teejun@vallcom.com 1) Just to show that gettext works in the system: A script: [teemu@jolly Test]$ cat loca2.sh #!/bin/sh LANG=fi export LANG TEXTDOMAINDIR=/usr/share/locale export TEXTDOMAINDIR TEXTDOMAIN=rpm export TEXTDOMAIN gettext "query package owning <file>" echo Run the script: [teemu@jolly Test]$ sh loca2.sh kysy pakettia, jonka omistuksessa <tiedosto> on 2) Try the same with PHP: A script: [teemu@jolly Test]$ cat loca2.php <?php putenv ("LANG=fi"); bindtextdomain ("rpm", "/usr/share/locale"); textdomain ("rpm"); print (gettext ("query package owning <file>")); print ("\n"); ?> Running it: [teemu@jolly Test]$ /var/www/cgi-bin/php loca2.php X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.4pl1 Content-type: text/html query package owning <file> 3) My configure line: [teemu@jolly Test]$ strings /var/www/cgi-bin/php | grep configure './configure' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/conf' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' '--with-gettext' 4) I am using the php.ini-dist without modifications. I have the same problem even if I try to use php-4.0.4pl1-3 (RedHat rpm) and with php 4.0.2 I have installed my RedHat 7.0 about one month ago and I have run up2date several times. I saw another report on gettext in problem #8444. The problem was fixed by reinstalling linux. I really don't feel for reinstalling my OS. And I am afraid that it would only fix the problem temporarily (untill I update my system). Best regards, Teemu Junnila ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8969&edit=1