#42516 [NEW]: __FILE__ resolves symlinks - not mentioned in manual

From: michael at zedeler dot dk Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.4.7 PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: __FILE__ resolves symlinks - not mentioned in manual Description: ------------ __FILE__ does not return the path used to invoke the current file, but resolves symlinks. This behaviour is extremely problematics, since important information is thrown away. The web is teeming with postings from people that are experiencing problems because of this. In http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37603 this bug was mentioned and the response was that it is intended behavior with a reference to the manual. The page http://es.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php is the primary source of information for __FILE__, and it does not mention resolving symlinks at all. I'd like if we could have som kind of dialogue about how to solve the problem, in stead of just having this bug being closed with a "Bogus" status. My suggestions are: 1) introduce a new magical constant that behaves as it should. 2) put a parameter in php.ini that changes how __FILE__ behaves. Reproduce code: --------------- This is basically a reopening of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37603 Expected result: ---------------- This is basically a reopening of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37603 Actual result: -------------- This is basically a reopening of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37603 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42516&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42516&r=mysqlcfg