Re: [Tiki-devel] A Unicode-aware replacement for the natcasesort() function

Volker Wysk <post-hhF2Jplw28UoZk/[email protected]> Sun, 09 Jul 2023 05:24:51 +0200
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.cms.tiki.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Am Samstag, dem 08.07.2023 um 22:21 +0200 schrieb Jean-Marc Libs:
> I wouldn't say the messages contradict each other. They are never shown
> together.
> 
> The first message is in case the intl extension is present. Nothing needs
> to be done. There is no need for detailed explanations.
> The second one is besides an orange warning (not a red issue). It explains
> one should install the extension but if one can't, nothing is going to
> blow up. Tiki will still work, just not as well.

Yes, I understand what those two messages are saying. If the intl extension
is available, it's required. If not, it's merely preferred? That's a
contradiction to me.

Cheers,
Volker

> 
> Cheers,
> J-M
> 
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 2:43 PM Volker Wysk <post-hhF2Jplw28UoZk/[email protected]> wrote:
> > Am Samstag, dem 08.07.2023 um 14:22 +0200 schrieb Jean-Marc Libs:
> > > Hi Volker,
> > > 
> > > This is how tiki-check.php does it:
> > > 
> > > // intl
> > > $s=extension_loaded('intl');
> > 
> > Okay.
> > 
> > > if($s){
> > >   $php_properties['intl']=array(
> > >     'fitness'=> tra('good'),
> > >     'setting'=>'Loaded',
> > >     'message'=> tra("The intl extension is required for Tiki 15 and
> > > newer.")
> > >   );
> > > }else{
> > >   $php_properties['intl']=array(
> > >     'fitness'=> tra('unsure'),
> > >     'setting'=>'Not available',
> > >     'message'=> tra("intl extension is preferred for Tiki 15 and
> > > newer.
> > > Because is not available, the filters for text will not be able to
> > > detect
> > > the language and will use a generic range of characters as letters.")
> > >   );
> > > }
> > 
> > That's interesting. It says "The intl extension is required for Tiki 15
> > and
> > newer." and "intl extension is preferred for Tiki 15 and newer...".
> > 
> > So, can we assume that the intl extension is available? The two messages
> > contradict each other.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Volker
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 1:59 PM Volker Wysk <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > 
> > > > Does anyone know how to check if the intl PHP extension is
> > > > available?
> > > > 
> > > > Bye
> > > > V.W.
> > > > 
> > > > Am Freitag, dem 07.07.2023 um 13:31 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here it is:
> > > > > 
> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > ----
> > > > > ------
> > > > > // Do a natural, locale aware sort of an array of strings.
> > > > > //
> > > > > // "Natural" means that numbers are sorted by their value, not by
> > > > > the
> > > > > digits
> > > > > // they contain. For instance, "10" is ordered after "2".
> > > > > //
> > > > > // The "lang" argument is the language for which to order.
> > > > > Accented
> > > > > // characters, like "ä", are ordered with their non-accented
> > > > > counterpart, 
> > > > > // like "a". In the non-locale aware natcasesort() function,
> > > > > accented 
> > > > > // characters get ordered at the end. That's not right for non-
> > > > > English 
> > > > > // languages.
> > > > > //
> > > > > // For the "lang" argument, "false" can be specified. In this
> > > > > case,
> > > > > the 
> > > > > // function investigates the language of the current user and uses
> > > > > that.
> > > > > //
> > > > > // mb_natcasesort() depends on the "intl" PHP extension.
> > > > > 
> > > > > function mb_natcasesort(string $lang, array &$array): bool
> > > > > {
> > > > >      if ($lang == false) {
> > > > >          $tikilib  = TikiLib::lib('tiki');
> > > > >          $loginlib = TikiLib::lib('login');
> > > > > 
> > > > >          $user = $loginlib->getUser();
> > > > >          $lang = $tikilib->get_language($user);
> > > > >      }
> > > > > 
> > > > >      $coll = collator_create($lang);
> > > > >      collator_set_attribute($coll, Collator::NUMERIC_COLLATION, 
> > > > >                             Collator::ON);
> > > > >      collator_set_attribute($coll, Collator::CASE_FIRST, 
> > > > >                             Collator::LOWER_FIRST);
> > > > >      collator_set_attribute($coll, Collator::ALTERNATE_HANDLING, 
> > > > >                             Collator::SHIFTED);
> > > > > 
> > > > >      return collator_asort($coll, $array);
> > > > > }
> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > ----
> > > > > ------
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any comments are welcome.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Volker
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