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PHP Gettext Not Working

Here's my ./locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po file:

msgid "NO GOOD"
msgstr "IT WORKED!"

Command used to generate the .mo file:

$ msgfmt -o locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po

My PHP file (being run via CLI, for testing purposes, as root).

<?php 
    bindtextdomain('messages','./locale');
    textdomain('messages');
    setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, 'fr');
    echo gettext("NO GOOD");

Here's my output:

$ NO GOOD

PHPInfo:

GetText Support => enabled

Any ideas why this might not work?

Solution

  • Turns out the reason it wasn't working is the locale I choose has to be a recognized one by the system.

    In my case, fr is not a valid locale, I had to pick fr_FR.UTF-8 which the system recognizes...