Failing to use language .ini files [3.7.3]

[EvanGR]

Hello,

I have, so far, updated 3 Joomla websites from 3.6.5 to 3.7.3. In one of them, I ran into a translation problem as reported here:
viewtopic.php?f=9&p=3484056#p3484045

In short: all of the admin panel strings are shown as untranslated code-names.

Turns out this was a known issue with previews 3.7.x releases: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/15587

I can confirm it is still happening with 3.7.3, at least on one installation.

I replaced all language directories (admin + frontend) with the default Joomla ones, in case of invalid .ini files... this made no change.

I fixed this problem by editing language.php file, and reverting to the 3.6.x way of parsing .ini files.

It seems as if the statement

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if (!function_exists('parse_ini_file'))

in line 833, is pushing the new way of parsing (wrongly), even though parse_ini_file is shown as disabled in the Joomla report.

Let me know if I can assist more in troubleshooting this issue.

Thanks

[EvanGR]

Issue still stands for J3.7.4.

Managed to narrow it down to PHP 5.6.x on my hosting provider.
Switching to either PHP 5.5 or PHP 7 eliminates the issue.