Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense

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From	"M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee>
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Subject	Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense
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Am 17.02.2012 12:25, schrieb Captain Paralytic:
> On Feb 16, 5:02 pm, "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_h...@nowhere.dee>
> wrote:
>> Am 16.02.2012 17:32, schrieb Thomas Mlynarczyk:
>>
>>> Denis McMahon schrieb:
>>>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:22:08 +0100, Thomas Mlynarczyk wrote:
>>
>>>>> On the other hand I seriously question the concept of a server side
>>>>> locale in the context of the world wide web. If locale must be, then it
>>>>> ought to be the client's locale.
>>
>>>> Perhaps, but that just means you should use the client's locale when validating
>>>> things like dates and numbers on the server. Of course this assumes you know the
>>>> client's locale.
>>
>>> True. The only reliable way to do this would be to simply ask the client and then
>>> maybe store their locale in a cookie. My point was that any "server locale" is
>>> completely useless since there is in general no reliable correlation between the
>>> server's and the client's location.
>>
>> ---cut
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Thomas
>>
>> That's a good point, the question about the client side locale seems to be unsolved,
>> but not discussed very often. You could use the HTTP Accept-Language header, but I
>> did not see it mentioned very often in the web.
> 
> How does Language help with Locale?
> 
> When I am VPNed into a server that is located in Belgium, Google keeps
> asking me if I want to switch the google I am using. I am still in the
> UK and I still want English, but the IP address from which my request
> is coming is still a Belgium one.
> 
> When I am remoted into an actual machine that is in Belgium, the
> language of the machine is set to French, but I am in the UK.
> 

When you are walking the street in France you must be prepared to be addressed in
French.

When you are on a french server you must read the french messages.

But anyway, we are talking about client locale in HTTP and HTML, you are talking
about remote logins.

/Str.

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FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-15 19:57 +0100
  Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-15 21:05 +0100
    Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-15 22:48 +0100
      Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-15 23:48 +0100
        Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-02-16 12:53 +0100
          Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-16 13:34 +0100
            Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-16 04:46 -0800
            Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-16 13:49 +0100
              Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-02-16 14:22 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 14:16 +0000
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-02-16 09:36 -0600
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-02-16 17:38 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Thomas Mlynarczyk <thomas@mlynarczyk-webdesign.de> - 2012-02-16 17:32 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-16 18:02 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-17 03:25 -0800
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-02-17 18:19 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> - 2012-02-20 04:31 -0800
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-02-17 20:35 +0100
                Re: FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT non/sense Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-02-20 10:46 +0100

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