#39550 [NEW]: unlink() does not work if filename contains parenthesis.

From: Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:42:23 +0000
Subject: #39550 [NEW]: unlink() does not work if filename contains parenthesis.
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From:             andy at advancethermal dot com
Operating system: Windows XP Pro & 2003 Server
PHP version:      5.2.0
PHP Bug Type:     Filesystem function related
Bug description:  unlink() does not work if filename contains parenthesis.

Description:
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unlink() does not delete a file if the filename contains parenthesis,
while functions like file_get_contents() work fine.

Reproduce code:
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$file = "c:/my file (4).txt";

unlink($file);

Expected result:
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Expect file to be deleted.

Actual result:
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File is not deleted.

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Fixed in CVS:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=needscript
Try newer version:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=support
Expected behavior:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=notwrong
Not enough info:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=php3
Daylight Savings:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=dst
IIS Stability:                http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=float
No Zend Extensions:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39550&r=mysqlcfg

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