PHP locale configuration in php.ini

Question

Can a default locale value be placed in file php.ini or .htaccess?

The equivalent of the PHP function

setlocale(LC_MONETARY, 'it_IT');

for example.

Answer 1

It can. Take a look at intl.default_locale.

Answer 2

There's nothing in the php.ini file to help you. But as an alternative you could try setting environment variables from file .htaccess:

SetEnv   LC_ALL  it_IT.UTF-8

But these settings only take effect for the CGI and FastCGI versions of PHP at best, not for the usual mod_php installation.