diff --git a/extlib/php-gettext/ChangeLog b/extlib/php-gettext/ChangeLog
index 5e0949dfd7..ab77d80810 100644
--- a/extlib/php-gettext/ChangeLog
+++ b/extlib/php-gettext/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+2006-02-28  Danilo Šegan  <danilo@gnome.org>
+
+	* gettext.php: Added some comments about these workarounds for
+	different PHP versions and architectures.
+
+2006-02-28  Danilo Šegan  <danilo@gnome.org>
+
+	Fixes bug #15923.
+	
+	* gettext.php (gettext_reader): make magic check work on 64-bit
+	platforms as well (by Steffen Pingel).
+
+2006-02-20  Danilo Šegan  <danilo@gnome.org>
+
+	* gettext.inc (_bindtextdomain): Use php_uname to detect Windows.
+
 2006-02-07  Danilo Šegan  <danilo@gnome.org>
 
 	* examples/pigs_dropin.php: comment-out bind_textdomain_codeset
diff --git a/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.inc b/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.inc
index eb94b256a6..fcaafe7c9e 100644
--- a/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.inc
+++ b/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.inc
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ function _setlocale($category, $locale) {
  */
 function _bindtextdomain($domain, $path) {
 	global $text_domains;
-	// ensure $path ends with a slash
-	if ($path[strlen($path) - 1] != '/') $path .= '/';
-	elseif ($path[strlen($path) - 1] != '\\') $path .= '\\';
+       // ensure $path ends with a slash
+       if ($path[strlen($path) - 1] != '/') $path .= '/';
+       elseif ($path[strlen($path) - 1] != '\\') $path .= '\\';
 	$text_domains[$domain]->path = $path;
 }
 
diff --git a/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.php b/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.php
index ad94a987b7..cd080444ca 100644
--- a/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.php
+++ b/extlib/php-gettext/gettext.php
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ class gettext_reader {
     // Caching can be turned off
     $this->enable_cache = $enable_cache;
 
-    // $MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5
+    // $MAGIC1 = (int)0x950412de; //bug in PHP 5.0.2, see https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10565
     $MAGIC1 = (int) - 1794895138;
     // $MAGIC2 = (int)0xde120495; //bug
     $MAGIC2 = (int) - 569244523;
 
     $this->STREAM = $Reader;
     $magic = $this->readint();
-    if ($magic == $MAGIC1) {
+    if ($magic == ($MAGIC1 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) { // to make sure it works for 64-bit platforms
       $this->BYTEORDER = 0;
-    } elseif ($magic == $MAGIC2) {
+    } elseif ($magic == ($MAGIC2 & 0xFFFFFFFF)) {
       $this->BYTEORDER = 1;
     } else {
       $this->error = 1; // not MO file