Date: 12/15/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, html, linux, apache

I just can not get gettext() to work! I feel like every article I've read on the subject offers a different way to implement this in a script, but none of them seem to be working for me. If anyone can offer any help, it would be greatly appreciated.

• Local
• Server
• Windows XP Prof SP2
• Apache 1.3.34
• PHP 5.0.5 (with the gettext extension enabled)
• File system
• BASEDIR: c:\localhost\site\
  
  internals\lang\ --language file directory
  internals\lang\en\
  internals\lang\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
  internals\lang\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.po
  internals\lang\es\
  internals\lang\en\LC_MESSAGES\messages.mo
  internals\lang\es\LC_MESSAGES\messages.po
  
  public_html\gettext.php --gettext test file
• Remote
• Server
• Linux (not sure of the distro)
• Apache 1.3.33
• PHP 4.3.11 --with-gettext
• File system
• BASEDIR: /home/username/
  (same as above)




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public_html\gettext.php
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putenv ("LANG=es");
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");

bindtextdomain ("messages", "c:\localhost\site\internals\lang");
textdomain ("messages");

print(gettext ("Hello!"));
?>

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shell commands
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xgettext -a --omit-header gettext.php

msgfmt -o messages.mo messages.po

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internals\lang\en\LC_ MESSAGES\messages.po
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#: gettext.php:27
msgid "Hello!"
msgstr "!olleH"

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internals\lang\es\LC_ MESSAGES\messages.po
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#: gettext.php:27
msgid "Hello!"
msgstr "Hola!"


EDIT: I've miraculously and inexplicably gotten the script to work on my local box, but it still won't work on the Linux server. I think it might have something to do with the "putenv("LANG=es"). Is there a different variable that needs to be set? Ideas?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/379698.html