Comments on: Benchmarking PHP Localization - Is gettext fast enough?

By: Kruxik

Kruxik — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:01:12 +0000

If you use mod_php (not CGI) and have problem with cached dictionary after its update there is one solution which doesn’t need webserver restart. You can create the domain name dynamicly and change it whenever you change the dictionary.
Example: standard name (domain) of the dictionary is messages.mo - means domain is “messages”. You can rename the file to “messages1.mo”, and tell PHP to change domain from “messages” to “messages1″.

This solution is 100% functional (we use it for our CMS gettext editor).

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Quellen zu Internationalisierung und Lokalisierung » contactsheet.de — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:52:43 +0000

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By: Jan Schneider

Jan Schneider — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:09:26 +0000

On most shared hosts a web server restart is not required because they often use either CGI PHP SAPIs. These don’t cache the locale (because it’s actually the web server process, not PHP that is doing the caching), so locale updates work instantly.

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Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:36:49 +0000

[…] Gettext-tuki löytyy myös PHPstä, mutta Railsissa sen eteen on jo tehty valmiiksi töitä. Näin käyttöönotto on suoraviivaisempaa ja muutamalla lisäyksellä (mm. Rakefilen lisätehtävätä) todella vaivatonta. Lisäksi tehokkuusmielessä on Gettextin oikeanlainen käyttö varsin nopeaa. PHP:lle sitä onkin testattu ainakin yhden tapauksen verran ( [1] ). […]

By: Zhitao Ma

Zhitao Ma — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:12:53 +0000

My test results are in the following,

Requests per Second
gettext-ext 395.63
gettext-php 221.12
stringids 568.66

I tested them on a Windows XP SP2 computer with the Apache 2.0.55 and PHP 5.1.3-dev. It seems that the results are quite different on Windows and Debian.

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:53:16 +0000

We have used both methods and find gettext not only easier in the long run for updates, but faster also.

By: Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:04:59 +0000

I am also working with gettext and have managed to combined it with savant temlate system.

Using a savant plugin I can translate on the fly, or with a script pretranslate all the templates so gettext doesnt need to be used on the live site

http://www.cyberlot.net/Savantgettext

By: Jim Plush

Jim Plush — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:54:33 +0000

I also did some benchmark tests when my last company needed an i18n ready site. might be worth a read

http://www.litfuel.net/plush/?postid=84