#34552 [Opn->Fbk]: Problems with __FILE__ and realpath()

ID: 34552 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: mmayer at blastwave dot org -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Solaris 9, MacOSX, netBSD PHP Version: 5CVS, 4CVS (2005-09-20) New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-07-21 07:03:08] T dot J dot Hunt at open dot ac dot uk I can confirm the previous has the correct diagnosis. I was having this problem on MacOSX, and adding read permissions to all directories in the path fixed it for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-30 15:24:15] kwerle at pobox dot com A quick scan will show this problem has been reported multiple tims. I had been looking at #32967, but I can't change the state back to open, so here is where I'll report the true cause of the bug, and it's workaround. Note that it has nothing to do with being in a user's home directory. OK, I have created a trivial test case that displays the problem. In short, if an ancestor directory (though not the direct parent) of a file is not readable (just executable), you will get this behavior. Test case available at http://shiftmanager.net/~kurt/test/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-21 16:55:28] hakan at mysql dot com Problem still exists for me on Solaris 9 with PHP 5.1.4 On Linux with PHP 5.1.4 I get: http://localhost/~hakan/test/file.php: /home/hakan/.public_html/test/file.php /home/hakan/.public_html/test/file2.php http://localhost/~hakan/test/realpath.php: realpath: '/home/hakan/.public_html/test/realpath/test.txt' On Solaris 9 with PHP 5.1.4 I get: http://esslingen.homeunix.net/~hakan/test/file.php: /home/hakan/.public_html/test/file.php ./file2.php http://esslingen.homeunix.net/~hakan/test/realpath.php: realpath: '' Regards, Hakan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-01-25 12:34:00] gdelafond at aquaray dot com I have the same bug on Mac OS X Server 10.4.3 with PHP 4.4.2 when it is load as apache's module... but not when using the cli version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-12-20 15:11:38] a dot l dot w dot kuijper at rug dot nl I CAN reproduce this bug in __FILE__ and realpath with the CLI version of PHP 4.4.0 installed on a netBSD 2.0.2 box with apache 2.0.55. I did exactly same as mmayer's example above (same files, same chmods) and got the same issue. This bug occurred when installing for Calendar 2. I hope you guys finally can resolve this mysterious bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/34552 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34552&edit=1