Localization not working in CakePHP 3

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# head -n2 src/Locale/de/default.po
msgid  "route_shop"
msgstr "shop"

In my controller, I just have exit(__('route_shop')); but it is returning route_shop.

ini_get('intl.default_locale'); // returns de (as set in config/bootstrap.php)

'locales' => [APP . 'Locale' . DS] // paths setting in config/app.php

Apache/PHP have permissions to the default.po file. Can't really see anything else that would be wrong.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Have tried different translations, locales, full locale name (de_DE for the folder name/intl.default_locale setting). No errors reported, nothing in debug.log

@arilia actually it does. I deleted the other lines from the file and just tested with route_shop and apparently the two spaces does cause it to fail anywhere in the file, seems like a bug. Same file works with 1.3 just fine. — Devon Bessemer, Jan 05 '16 at 15:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '16 at 15:58

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I guess the problem is in the number of spaces between msgid and the string.

I don't find any reference but it does not work if there are more than one white space

remove the extra space and remember clearing the cache

answered Jan 05 '16 at 15:58

arilia

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I don't think that it's part of of official [**GNU specs**](http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html) or something, CakePHP most probably requires that strict format for performance reasons, [**`substr` is usually faster**](https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/3.1.6/src/I18n/Parser/PoFileParser.php#L91-L94) than a regex or the like. – ndm Jan 05 '16 at 16:45

Localization not working in CakePHP 3

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