#38790 [Bgs]: __FILE__ resolves symlinks?

ID: 38790 User updated by: php dot net at yereth dot nl Reported By: php dot net at yereth dot nl Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: SUSE 9.2 PHP Version: 4.4.4 New Comment: Wow.. that's an extremely useful comment.. thanks! I'm very glad that you just ignore the most important part and that you don't wish to improve the PHP engine. There is also a difference (but correct me if you're a native speaker in English) between 'expected' and 'desirable'... maybe you could re-read my previous comment keeping that in mind. You may just improve the language! Good luck! </sarcasm_mode> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-12 16:44:37] tony2001@php.net Yes, this is expected behaviour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-09-12 14:20:35] php dot net at yereth dot nl Description: ------------ __FILE__ resolves symlinks in 4.x. This is very undesirable. If this was intentionally, perhaps another magic constant can be introduced that does not resolve the symlink. Besides that, I can always use realpath(__FILE__), which is another reason why __FILE__ shouldn't resolve; resolving is easy, the other way around is impossible without further contextual information. Rephrasing the problem: if __FILE__ doesn't give me the name of the symlinked file, there is nothing that does, as far as I know. This restricts me terribly in my possibilities and forces developers to redundancy, as symlinks do not give the desired result, obviously. Hopefully you'll see that an addition to the magic constants or a change in function of __FILE__ enhances the possibilities of developers. Thanks in advance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38790&edit=1