.php

<? 
	$locale = 'ru';
	$domain = 'mydomain';

	$results = putenv("LC_ALL=$locale");
	if (!$results) {
		exit ('putenv failed');
	}

	$results = setlocale(LC_ALL, $locale);
	if (!$results) {
		exit ('setlocale failed: locale function is not available on this platform, or the given local does not exist in this environment');
	}

	$results = bindtextdomain($domain, "/locale");
	echo 'new text domain is set: ' . $results. "\n";

	$results = textdomain($domain);
	echo 'current message domain is set: ' . $results. "\n";

	$results = gettext("This is a text!");
	if ($results === "This is a text!") {
		echo "original English was returned. Something wrong\n";
	}
	echo $results . "\n";
	die();
?>