Activating translated files without a server restart?

Andreas Thyholdt

Joined: 2007-06-29
Posts: 54
Posted: Fri, 2007-07-20 04:11

Hi.

Is there really no way to activate a translated file without doing a server restart? As I am on a shared server, restarts can not be done at my discretion.

Is there no way to turn off PHP caching for G2, for instance?

As the translation is a colaborate effort, I can not easily install G2 on a local server.

I really hope there is a solution for this, in fact this is the first time I've come across this issue in all the php based os projects I've worked on.

Cheers,

Andreas
 
mindless
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Posted: Tue, 2007-07-24 20:12

I'm not sure... plenty of people have mentioned a webserver restart being needed, but I've never seen that behavior myself (no restart needed for me) so I'm not sure where/how the caching happens or how to turn it off. If anyone has clues/pointers we'll gladly add them to our localization docs..
 
Andreas Thyholdt

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Posts: 54
Posted: Tue, 2007-07-24 23:40

Thanks, mindless.

I asked my ISP and they didn'nt have a clue, so I am still in the dark on this matter.

Cheers,

Andreas
 
mindless
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Posted: Wed, 2007-07-25 23:16

Read about the cache here.
 
Andreas Thyholdt

Joined: 2007-06-29
Posts: 54
Posted: Thu, 2007-07-26 11:15

Thanks again, that was very informative.

It seems that this issue is an inherit property of gettext, so I guess we are stuck with it.

Or maybe not.

I found this article that suggests that clearing the cache can be done with the textdomain(textdomain(NULL)) command.

If that is the case, I hope someone can test this. Maybe this command could be issued from the Admin maintainence section.

See more here:
http://www.mysociety.org/2005/11/08/changing-language-twice-with-gettext/

Cheers,

Andreas
 
mindless
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Posted: Thu, 2007-07-26 19:56

maybe try putting that command in your main.php file and let us know if it works.. i'll be glad to throw together a maintenance task if it does..
 
Andreas Thyholdt

Joined: 2007-06-29
Posts: 54
Posted: Thu, 2007-07-26 23:58

Hello again.

Seems my ISP has changed something on their end as now the translations update at once. I did not have a chance to see if the textdomain(textdomain(NULL)) command would have worked as it is working now without it.

Thanks for your help, mindless.

Cheers,

Andreas