Bug#974922: libapache2-mod-perl2: "mod_perl interferes with mod_php locales, unable to use gettext translations"

[Damyan Ivanov]

Hi Claudio,
-=| Claudio Kuenzler, 16.11.2020 15:26:45 +0100 |=-
>   When using mod_perl and mod_php at the same time, mod_perl somehow 
>   interferes with PHPs ability to translate texts using gettext.
>   The PHP translation works fine using CLI but not via Apache web server.
>   
>   $ curl localhost/translate.php
>   My original English text (not translated)
> 
>   As soon as mod_perl is disabled, the translations work:
> 
>   # a2dismod perl
>   # systemctl restart apache2
> 
>   $ curl localhost/translate.php
>   Mein deutscher Text (translated)
> 
>  This happened on Debian 10. Language in the PHP script was set to 
>  de_CH.UTF-8. mod_php is 7.3.19.

It would be nice if you could share the translate.php contents (or 
a minimal version) so that the issue can be reproduced and any 
prospective fixes/workarounds be tested.


-- Damyan