#45228 [Opn->Fbk]: unlink() & rmdir() do not work well with URL (file://)

ID: 45228 Updated by: pajoye@php.net Reported By: nanawel at eyeos dot org -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: Confusing comments. Does unlink work on linux? Does unlink work on Windows? Does rmdir work on Windows? Does rmdir work on Windows? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-01-07 13:58:34] nanawel at eyeos dot org Just changed the OS concerned by the issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-14 20:08:57] nanawel at eyeos dot org Another great one: rmdir() DOES NOT WORK with the file:// scheme, AT ALL. Tested on Windows and Ubuntu 8.04 (both on PHP 5.2.6). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-10 16:46:19] nanawel at eyeos dot org A new set of problems: - mkdir() only works with file://C:/my/path and fails on file:///C:/my/path or file://localhost/C:/my/path - rmdir() DOES NOT WORK with file://C:/my/path or file:///C:/my/path or file://localhost/C:/my/path ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-10 16:03:21] nanawel at eyeos dot org Additionnally, unlink() doesn't work either on URL like: file://localhost/C:/my/path and this is particularly _not_ normal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-06-10 15:56:21] nanawel at eyeos dot org Description: ------------ The unlink() function does not work with full Windows URL, whereas fopen() for example works perfectly. If you provide a path like this: file:///C:/my/path (triple slashes) it won't work and you will get this warning: Warning: unlink(/C:/my/path) [function.unlink]: Invalid argument in... But if you provide this path: file://C:/my/path (so just a slash less) unlink will work. Reproduce code: --------------- //For the example, we consider that PHP has full permissions on config.sys, which is not the case normally) $path1 = 'file:///C:/config.sys'; $path2 = 'file://C:/config.sys'; $fp = fopen($path1, 'r'); //OK @fclose($fp); unlink($path1); //ERROR $fp = fopen($path2, 'r'); //OK @fclose($fp); unlink($path2); //OK Expected result: ---------------- unlink() should work with the same standards URL as fopen(). In my example, $path1 should be correct for both functions. Actual result: -------------- Windows absolute URL like file:///C:/... work with fopen(), rename() but _not_ with unlink() (+ Warning raised) Windows non-standard URL like file://C:/... work with fopen(), rename() and unlink() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45228&edit=1