Re: [PHP] about locale settings

Per Jessen wrote:

> When I've set LC_ALL before calling php, why do I need to call
> setlocale() in the script too:
> 
> LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8 php -r "print strftime('%B');"
> June
> 
> LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8 php -r "setlocale(LC_ALL,''); print strftime('%B');"
> Juni
> 
> What am I missing here?  I have no problem with the
> setlocale(LC_ALL,'') call, but I'd like to understand why I need it.

Am I the only one to run into these oddball problems?  Doesn't anyone
else use different locales?  I think the above is a bug - php _should_
respect the LC_ALL setting without being specifically poked.


/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (20.9°C)