hi Roman,
Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 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.
>
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