#50371 [Opn->Bgs]: realpath() returns path to nonexistent file/folder

ID: 50371 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: max at kosyakov dot net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment: No way to fix in 5.2, the future is 5.3 anyway. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 07:40:15] max at kosyakov dot net %ls -l /usr/home/kosyakov/asdfasdf ls: /usr/home/kosyakov/asdfasdf: No such file or directory Ok. I'll try to update to 5.3. But is there a way to get it fixed in the 5.2 branch? I need to maintain compatibility of software we develop with php-5.2 and thus need to run this version on our servers. Thanks for your assistance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 07:32:49] jani@php.net Also, did you notice this note on the manual page http://php.net/realpath "5.3.0 Prior to this release realpath() would not fail on *BSD systems if only the last last path component did not exist. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 07:31:00] jani@php.net And what does this output: # ls -l /usr/home/kosyakov/asdfasdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 07:27:12] max at kosyakov dot net Yes, it does return false: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 %php -r "var_dump(realpath('/non/existent'));" bool(false) % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 04:45:52] jani@php.net What does this return: # php -r 'var_dump(realpath("/non/existent"));' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/50371 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50371&edit=1