#17822 [Opn->Csd]: Realpath, getcwd not returning true pathname

ID: 17822 User updated by: csaba at alum dot mit dot edu Reported By: csaba at alum dot mit dot edu -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows - all PHP Version: 4.3.0 Assigned To: sfox New Comment: Hurrah! This now appears fixed. realpath(strtolower(getcwd())) is now the same as realpath(strtoupper(getcwd())) is now the same as getcwd() on my Win XP Pro under PHP 5.2.1RC4-dev (cli) (built: Jan 25 2007 08:24:12) Thanks, Csaba Gabor from Vienna Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-23 00:26:09] csaba at alum dot mit dot edu I have tested this with the latest snapshot 5.0 RC 2 of April 22 on my Win 2K Pro system and it is still a problem. Here are the outputs that I get (I did an inititial print right after the first cwd() so you can see what windows thinks the directory is): C:\Morph\phpDev\40gNiKU5LQ0C c:\Morph\phpDev\40gniku5lq0c c:\Morph\phpDev\40gniku5lq0c C:\Morph\phpDev\40GNIKU5LQ0C C:\Morph\phpDev\40GNIKU5LQ0C So it appears that the middle part is OK but the drive letter and the final directory need some shoring up. Csaba Gabor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-15 17:38:53] csaba at alum dot mit dot edu I have marked this bug as open because of the demonstration below on my PHP 4.3 build date Dec. 20, 2002; Apache 2.0.43 Filter; Win2K Pro system. Here is the test: <html><head><title>getcwd Problem</title></head><body> <?php $cwd = getcwd(); chdir (strtolower($cwd)); print "<br>" . getcwd(); print "<br>" . realpath(getcwd()); chdir (strtoupper($cwd)); print "<br>" . getcwd(); print "<br>" . realpath(getcwd()); ?> </body></html> On my system the first 2 directories show in lower case, the last two are in caps. Csaba ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-18 18:20:36] csaba at alum dot mit dot edu realpath and getcwd on Windows systems do not actually report the applicable directory, but rather a string that will !strcasecmp() with the true directory: I have a directory name, $dir, on my Win2K system (PHP 4.2.0), but it's in all lower case, and I'd like to get the actual pathname including the capitalizations: Both realpath() and dirname() only muck around with the $dir string and don't hit the file system. Not only that, but getcwd() returns $dir (sans capitalizations) after I've hopped over to it with chdir($dir)! My only solution to this point is to pop up a level and use readdir(...) but this is wasteful, only giving me one level at a time. Isn't there a REAL realpath() for windows? Thanks, Csaba Gabor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17822&edit=1