PHP setlocale() fails in browser but works in cli

When I run this php file from command line, it is working fine. But running in through the browser, it is not working.

I’m running this on a local virtual Vagrant machine. Running Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS x64.

<?php
$sd = setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');
var_dump($sd);
echo strftime("%A");

JavaScript
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<?php$sd = setlocale(LC_TIME, 'nl_NL');var_dump($sd);echo strftime("%A");​

output:

$ php test.php 
/var/www/domain/test.php:3:
string(5) "nl_NL"
woensdag

JavaScript
 
$ php test.php /var/www/domain/test.php:3:string(5) "nl_NL"woensdag​

Running the same file in te browser:

/var/www/domain/test.php:3:boolean false
Wednesday

JavaScript
 
/var/www/domain/test.php:3:boolean falseWednesday​

I don’t understand why this is happening. I’ve installed the locale.

$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
dutch
en_AG
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_NG
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
en_SG.utf8
en_US
en_US.iso88591
en_US.utf8
en_ZA.utf8
en_ZM
en_ZM.utf8
en_ZW.utf8
nl_NL
nl_NL.iso88591
nl_NL.utf8
POSIX

JavaScript
 
$ locale -aCC.UTF-8dutchen_AGen_AG.utf8en_AU.utf8en_BW.utf8en_CA.utf8en_DK.utf8en_GB.utf8en_HK.utf8en_IE.utf8en_INen_IN.utf8en_NGen_NG.utf8en_NZ.utf8en_PH.utf8en_SG.utf8en_USen_US.iso88591en_US.utf8en_ZA.utf8en_ZMen_ZM.utf8en_ZW.utf8nl_NLnl_NL.iso88591nl_NL.utf8POSIX​

Answer

After you install new locales you need to restart PHP for the new locales to work. So try restarting PHP.

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