#48535 [NoF->Asn]: file_exists returns false if the file path is a symlink

From: Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:36:50 +0000
Subject: #48535 [NoF->Asn]: file_exists returns false if the file path is a symlink
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 ID:               48535
 Updated by:       pajoye@php.net
 Reported By:      tobias dot burger at rolmail dot net
-Status:           No Feedback
+Status:           Assigned
 Bug Type:         Filesystem function related
 Operating System: win32 only - Windows Server 2008
 PHP Version:      5.3.0RC3
 Assigned To:      pajoye


Previous Comments:
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[2009-07-10 01:00:01] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

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[2009-07-02 15:40:49] pajoye@php.net

symlink are not junctions!

use mklink to create symbolic or hard links.

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[2009-07-02 15:09:44] patrick at procurios dot nl

We have the same problem on our Windows Vista developer machines. Links
were made with the tool junction.exe (because the links need to work on
both Windows XP and Windows Vista).

The problem was fixed in Vista when the old links were replaced by new
mklink links.

We haven't tried PHP 5.3 on XP yet.

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[2009-06-18 08:16:04] tobias dot burger at rolmail dot net

I have a deep folder structure. For example i made a symlink (mklink
/d) from a folder located on drive d: to a folder on drive c:

D:\root\web\wwwtypo35 -> C:\inetpub\wwwtypo35

If I call now realpath() for
"C:\inetpub\wwwtypo35\Packages\Global\FLOW3\Classes\Package\Package.php"
it returns false on the latest snapshot version of PHP. If I try the RC3
release it works and the function returns the full path.

Maybe the bug exists because I made a symlink to a path on another
drive?

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[2009-06-17 21:18:35] pajoye@php.net

realpath works here (all tests machine) with symlink. Do you have an
example (path used, dir or files?, etc.)

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