#48876 [Opn->Csd]: Windows setlocale does use environment var

ID: 48876 Updated by: danbrown@php.net Reported By: lbayuk at pobox dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Your suggested text was used nearly verbatim. Thanks for your contribution! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-23 03:56:11] svn@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of danbrown Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=284631 Log: Addresses Bug #48876, describes optional parameters 3+, and includes some grammatical changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-10 02:05:20] lbayuk at pobox dot com Description: ------------ Manual (2009-06-30) for setlocale() says that "if locale is NULL or the empty string "", the locale names will be set from the values of environment variables with the same names as the above categories..." This is incorrect for Windows. On Windows, setlocale(LC_ALL, '') sets the locale names from the system's regional/language settings (available through Control Panel). Windows does not consider any environment variables with setlocale. Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x99tb11d.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48876&edit=1