#45279 [NEW]: Results of dirname() on paths ending with a /

From: ralph at deboom dot biz Operating system: Debian Etch 4.0+ PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Directory function related Bug description: Results of dirname() on paths ending with a / Description: ------------ Quoted from: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=841 [21 Dec 1998 2:06pm UTC] rasmus The correct operations of these functions should be... dirname returns everything PRIOR to the last / or \ in the path. basename returns everything AFTER the last / or \ in the path. ---------------------------------------------------------------- There are several more people on www.php.net/dirname comments who are confused by this aswell. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php echo dirname('/dir1/dir2/dir3/'); Expected result: ---------------- /dir1/dir2/dir3 Or/And update the docs: www.php.net/dirname Actual result: -------------- /dir1/dir2 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45279&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45279&r=mysqlcfg