Bug #51763 [NEW]: SplFileInfo::getType()

From: Operating system: All windows OS PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: SPL related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:SplFileInfo::getType() Description: ------------ The SplFileInfo::getType() For Symbolic link returns "dir" which in turn should return "link" .This happens to be in 5.3.2 and occurs on all windows OS. It Correctly returns the type of file referenced which is for Dir and File . <?php $symlinkdir = "/path/to/symlink"; //Symbolic link $syminfo = new SplFileInfo($symlinkdir); var_dump($syminfo->getType()); ?> Expected result :string(4)"Link" Actual result : string(3) "dir" Test script: --------------- <?php $symlinkdir = "/path/to/symlink"; //Symbolic link $syminfo = new SplFileInfo($symlinkdir); var_dump($syminfo->getType()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- string(4)"Link" Actual result: -------------- string(3) "dir" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51763&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51763&r=mysqlcfg