bind_textdomain_codeset

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

bind_textdomain_codeset — Specify or get the character encoding in which the messages from the DOMAIN message catalog will be returned

说明

bind_textdomain_codeset ( string $domain , string|null $codeset ) : string|false

bind_textdomain_codeset() allows to set or get the encoding in which messages from domain will be returned by gettext() and similar functions.

参数

domain

The domain.

codeset

The code set. If null, the currently set encoding is returned.

返回值

A string on success.

更新日志

版本 说明
8.0.3 codeset is nullable now. Previously, it was not possible to retrieve the currently set encoding.

注释

Note:

The bind_textdomain_codeset() information is maintained per process, not per thread.

User Contributed Notes

jon at rejon dot org 31-Aug-2006 12:58
So, by using this function and by setting the LANGUAGE variable, you should be able to have a functioning i18n system that is not dependent upon a system's locale installation. Here is a sample from a method I created for a language class. Look for it on http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer soon:

    function Init ()
    {
        // set the LANGUAGE environmental variable
        // This one for some reason makes a difference FU@#$%^&*!CK
        // and when combined with bind_textdomain_codeset allows one
        // to set locale independent of server locale setup!!!
        if ( false == putenv("LANGUAGE=" . $this->_language ) )
            CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Could not set the ENV variable LANGUAGE = %s",
                                 $this->_language));

        // set the LANG environmental variable
        if ( false == putenv("LANG=" . $this->_language ) )
            CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Could not set the ENV variable LANG = %s",
                                 $this->_language));

        // if locales are not installed in locale folder, they will not
        // get set! This is usually in /usr/lib/locale
        // Also, the backup language should always be the default language
        // because of this...see the NOTE in the class description

        // Try first what we want but with the .utf8, which is what the locale
        // setting on most systems want (and is most compatible
        // Then just try the standard lang encoding asked for, and then if
        // all else fails, just try the default language
        // LC_ALL is said to be used, but it has nasty usage in some languages
        // in swapping commas and periods! Thus try LC_MESSAGE if on one of
        // those systems.
        // It is supposedly not defined on WINDOWS, so am including it here
        // for possible uncommenting if a problem is shown
        //
        // if (!defined('LC_MESSAGES')) define('LC_MESSAGES', 6);
        // yes, setlocale is case-sensitive...arg
        $locale_set = setlocale(LC_ALL, $this->_language . ".utf8",
                                        $this->_language . ".UTF8",
                                        $this->_language . ".utf-8",
                                        $this->_language . ".UTF-8",
                                        $this->_language,
                                        CC_LANG);
        // if we don't get the setting we want, make sure to complain!
        if ( ( $locale_set != $this->_language && CC_LANG == $locale_set) ||
             empty($locale_set) )
        {
            CCDebug::Log(
                sprintf("Tried: setlocale to '%s', but could only set to '%s'.",                        $this->_language, $locale_set) );
        }

        $bindtextdomain_set = bindtextdomain($this->_domain,
                                  CC_LANG_LOCALE . "/" . $this->_locale_pref );
        if ( empty($bindtextdomain_set) )
            CCDebug::Log(
            sprintf("Tried: bindtextdomain, '%s', to directory, '%s', " .
                    "but received '%s'",
                    $this->_domain, CC_LANG_LOCALE . "/" . $this->_locale_pref,
                    $bindtextdomain_set) );

        bind_textdomain_codeset($this->_domain, "UTF-8");
        $textdomain_set = textdomain($this->_domain);
        if ( empty($textdomain_set) )
            CCDebug::Log(sprintf("Tried: set textdomain to '%s', but got '%s'",
                                 $this->_domain, $textdomain_set));

    } // end of method Init ()
przemekkus at interia dot pl 05-Jun-2006 11:54
I had problems with German "umlauts" when using gettext. So, this is how it can be resolved:

I've put these lines itom my PHP code:

$domain = "messages";
bindtextdomain($domain, "path_to_messages_dir");
bind_textdomain_codeset($domain, 'ISO-8859-15');
textdomain($domain);

It works!
duckx at mezimail dot com 24-May-2004 11:33
First the the url of the gettext manual changed:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/

Secondly, lets explain a little bit what this fonction does.
By default, gettext will use the LC_CTYPE of the language you choose (for example fr_FR).
This LC_CTYPE is extracted from your locales.alias file in your configuration dir (Should be /etc/locales.alias).
By default, the encoding is frequently iso-8859-1.

So if you want to make your site utf-8 aware, you need to bind your domain with the right encoding.
Here is a sample:
<?php
   $locale="fr_FR.UTF-8"
   setlocale(LC_MESSAGES,  $locale);
   $domain = 'your_text_domain';
   bindtextdomain($domain, './translations_path');
   textdomain($domain);
   bind_textdomain_codeset($domain, 'UTF-8');

?>

As quoted in other notes, the translations path should be like
/translations_path
   /de_DE/
       /LC_MESSAGES
   /fr_FR/
       /LC_MESSAGES
   ...

Your translation goes in the LC_MESSAGES dirs ... Hopes this helps :)