Re: setlocale madness... please help!

hi Roman, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # jochem@iamjochem.com / 2006-11-03 14:51:39 +0100: >> 1. running the command 'locale -a' returns the following [shortened] list: >> >> C >> de_DE >> dutch >> en_GB >> nl_NL >> nl_NL@euro >> nl_NL.iso88591 >> nl_NL.iso885915@euro >> nl_NL.utf8 >> nl_NL.utf8@euro >> POSIX >> >> 2. running the following from the commandline returns "en_GB" (meaning >> the locale was set correctly) >> >> php -r 'var_dump(set_locale(LC_ALL, "en_GB"))'; >> >> 3. running the same code via the webbrowser (it is Apache2 and yes I >> have restarted it!) always returns FALSE (meaning the locale was not >> set correctly) > > what happens if you run locale -a from apache? ah, I did check this. doing <?php system('locale -a'); ?> in a webpage produces the same list as running it on the commandline. > >> in fact I can set any installed locale I want on the commandline BUT >> trying to set any other than the originally installed "nl_NL@euro" in >> code running via Apache results in FALSE being returned and the locale >> not being set. >> >> has anybody got a clue for me? > > You don't mention what warning(s) the failing setlocale() call produces. it just returns false, telling me that the chosen locale(s) was/were not set - there is no PHP error at all. >