When gettext is disabled in php.ini (especially needed in windows 5.3.0 to 5.3.5), php_gettext_support takes over and the .po files get parsed into .php files with same lang name containing the translated stings array.

The php_gettext library is not needed as it's functionality is already in the includes/lang/gettext.php file.

In this array based translation, some strings will not be present if the .po file has "\n" in the index of the string and it spans several lines. One such example in the .po file would be the string:

#: admin/backups.php:195
msgid ""
"You are about to restore database from backup file.\n"
"Do you want to continue?"
msgstr ""
"Zamierzasz odtworzyæ bazê danych z pliku.\n"
" Czy chcesz kontynuowaæ?"

It will get translated in the array if it is corrected to be:

#: admin/backups.php:195
msgid "You are about to restore database from backup file.\nDo you want to continue?"
msgstr "Zamierzasz odtworzyæ bazê danych z pliku.\n Czy chcesz kontynuowaæ?"

It work now for me

I just change the PHP.ini file (one line)

from
extension=php_gettext.dll
to
;extension=php_gettext.dll

The Tamil language translation is only a partial one (just over 11%) since most Tamil people can understand username instead of it's more complex translated equivalent (transliterated) "Payanar Payir" - பயனர் பெயர். Anyway, this string is in the translation .mo file.

You can use it as a basis for filling in the full .po file and compiling the .mo file and using it.

Most languages supported in FA have fewer translations than Tamil in my repo. You can compute the % translation of any language by parsing the .po files obtained from the decompiled .mo files for translated strings instead of relying on the full .po files in the repo.

Wonder why it is not being included in the official repo (@joe: ?) !

like most of the things not working

Sorry for the delayed response. Actually gettext is working. and no need to hook it again.  and my php is 5.6.3

and its windows 8 64x

the thing is its not working on the popular hosting server too.

include_once("gettext.inc");

Now all standard language files in FA should display.

Ref: https://launchpad.net/php-gettext

***** This is not needed anymore - see later post. Just disable gettext extension in php.ini and php_gettext_support takes over.

<?php
echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 0) . "\n";
// LC_COLLATE=C;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C

setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'Bulgarian_Bulgaria.1251');
echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 0) . "\n";
// LC_COLLATE=C;LC_CTYPE=Bulgarian_Bulgaria.1251;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C

setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'Tamil_India.1252');
echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 0) . "\n";
// LC_COLLATE=C;LC_CTYPE=Tamil_India.1252;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=C

setlocale(LC_ALL, "fra_fra");
echo strftime("%A %d %B %Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 22, 1978));
/* Output nld_nld: vrijdag 22 december 1978 */
/* Output deu_deu: Freitag 22 Dezember 1978 */
/* Output fra_fra: vendredi 22 décembre 1978 */

Pay attention to the syntax.
- UTF8 without dash ('-')
- locale.codeset and not locale-codeset.

<?php
$codeset = "UTF8";  // warning ! not UTF-8 with dash '-'
       
// for windows compatibility (e.g. xampp) : theses 3 lines are useless for linux systems

putenv('LANG='.$lang.'.'.$codeset);
putenv('LANGUAGE='.$lang.'.'.$codeset);
bind_textdomain_codeset('mydomain', $codeset);

// set locale
bindtextdomain('mydomain', ABSPATH.'/locale/');
setlocale(LC_ALL, $lang.'.'.$codeset);
textdomain('mydomain');
?>

where directory structure of locale is (for example) :

locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/mydomain.mo
locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/mydomain.mo

and ABSPATH is the absolute path to the locale dir

Further note, under linux systems, it seems to be necessary to create the locale at os level using 'locale-gen'.

Ref:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.setlocale.php
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x99tb11d%28v=vs.140%29.aspx

<?php
$func = "gettext";
if (function_exists($func)) echo "Yes, $func() exists";
else echo "No, $func() does not exist";

What do your error logs say?

Check how your version of windows perceives your locale names:
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66265

I have a new laptop and I have install XAMPP for local use, then I install new fresh FrontAccounting 2.3.24

I try to change the language from English to another language but it is not working.

Please checks is it working in the latest version!?

I try in this way:
1. Login as administrator to the default company
2. Setup - Install/Update Languages and I have put different language from english.
3. Setup - User Accounts Setup - Language and I have seen there is a new language selected
4. Preferences - Language - ( there is also new language)
6. I logout and Login again but there is no change it is again english.

Please help ....