#43509 [Asn]: Installer creates bizarre path env var

ID: 43509 Updated by: jmertic@php.net Reported By: ericp at activestate dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Windows Vista PHP Version: 5.2.5 Assigned To: jmertic New Comment: Could you run it in verbose logging mode and e-mail the log file to jmertic@php.net? To run in verbose logging mode issue the below command from the command prompt ( from the same directory where the install exists ): msiexec /i php-5.2.5-win32-installer.msi /l*v error.log Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-07 10:50:44] jani@php.net Assigned to the installer maintainer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-05 22:27:55] ericp at activestate dot com Description: ------------ Running the PHP 5.2.5 MSI Installer on Vista created a user path setting in my environment of this: C:\PHP\;䌻尺灡獰獜湶扜湩 Before I had all my path settings as a user-variable, and there was no system path. Reproduce code: --------------- Move the environment path setting as a System variable (this is probably wrong) Zap the system path environment variable Run the PHP 5.2.5 installer Expected result: ---------------- c:/php/ is inserted at the start of User path Actual result: -------------- The system path of C:\PHP\;䌻尺灡獰獜湶扜湩 is created. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43509&edit=1