PHP date() in foreign languages - e.g. Mar 25 Aoû 09 [duplicate]

Question

I have a script that needs to display date data to an international audience - e.g.

"submitted Tue 25 Aug 09"

Is there an easier/cleaner way to get this converted to the French(etc) equivalent "Mar 25 Aoû 09" than:

Setting a constant LANG and a $LANGUAGES array of include files & :

if(LANG != 'EN') { include $LANGUAGES['LANG']; } 

& then the included file maps the days & months & replaces for the appropriate locale?

Answer 1

I think you can't get away from doing so without setting LOCALE:

<?php setlocale(LC_ALL, 'fr_FR');  echo strftime("%A %e %B %Y"); ?>  

Some details on strftime: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

Answer 2

According to the date function's manual page, you should use setlocale. Methods such as strftime will then use the locale specified. date, however, will not for some reason.