#32162 [Com]: dirname returning \ for root entries
ID: 32162
Comment by: ich at der-bigga dot de
Reported By: paul at wavebreaks dot com
Status: No Feedback
Bug Type: Directory function related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 5.0.3
New Comment:
This problem still exists with version 5.2.3 (OS: Windows XP SP 2,
German) like loom at nons dot de mentioned. The string dirname() return
should always include the same directory separator character as the
string provided. So if I use the following:
print (dirname('/foo')."\n");
the function should return '/' because I used the slash as directory
seperator character, too.
Previous Comments:
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[2005-05-05 14:01:07] loom at nons dot de
still this problem with PHP 5.0.4 WinXP SP2
Details:
PHP Version 5.0.4
System Windows NT LOOM-M 5.1 build 2600
Build Date Mar 31 2005 02:44:34
Configure Command cscript /nologo configure.js
"--enable-snapshot-build" "--with-gd=shared"
Server API Apache
Virtual Directory Support enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
PHP API 20031224
PHP Extension 20041030
Zend Extension 220040412
Debug Build no
Thread Safety enabled
apache
Apache for Windows 95/NT
Apache Version Apache/1.3.29 (Win32) PHP/5.0.4
Apache Release 10329100
Apache API Version 19990320
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[2005-03-20 18:11:20] sniper@php.net
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
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[2005-03-06 16:26:36] sniper@php.net
Please try using this CVS snapshot:
http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz
For Windows:
http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip
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[2005-03-02 08:21:05] paul at wavebreaks dot com
Description:
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This is probably the same or related to
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25450 and
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=18710 but since
they are for Win 2k
and/or closed, I thought the best bet was to open a new one.
When a path-like-string is passed to dirname, if, and only if, the last
entity (file, dir) is on the root (ie: only one / in the string) then
dirname returns a backslash instead of a forward slash.
There doesn't appear to be a config to tell PHP which part seperator to
use, thus the dirname function is pointlessly broken unless you can
guarentee it will never be given a root level entry.
This, also, breaks your example in the documentation for header() for
Location: header types.
Reproduce code:
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print (dirname('/foo')."\n");
print (dirname('/foo/bar')."\n");
Expected result:
----------------
/
/foo
Actual result:
--------------
\
/foo
You might argue it's not a bug since Windows is meant to handle both
types of path seperator, but a URI does not, and this is you main
audience.
This issue has been around for way past way too long.
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