diff -Naur php-4.3.3-orig/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c php-4.3.3/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c
--- php-4.3.3-orig/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c	2003-07-28 20:35:34.000000000 +0200
+++ php-4.3.3/TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c	2003-09-25 17:08:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -307,10 +307,13 @@
 	 * This can happen under solaris when a dir does not have read permissions
 	 * but *does* have execute permissions */
 	if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(path, path_length) || (state->cwd_length < 1)) {
-		if (use_realpath && realpath(path, resolved_path)) {
-			path = resolved_path;
-			path_length = strlen(path);
-		}
+                if (use_realpath) {
+                        char *rc = realpath(path, resolved_path);
+                        if ( rc || errno == ENOENT ) {
+                                path = resolved_path;
+                                path_length = strlen(path);
+                        }
+                }
 	} else { /* Concat current directory with relative path and then run realpath() on it */
 		char *tmp;
 		char *ptr;