Bug #51952 [Opn->Bgs]: __FILE__ and dirname() are returning wrong pathes when working with junctions

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51952&edit=1 ID: 51952 Updated by: pajoye@php.net Reported by: whistl0r+phpbug at googlemail dot com Summary: __FILE__ and dirname() are returning wrong pathes when working with junctions -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Directory function related Operating System: Windows Vista/7 PHP Version: 5.2.13 New Comment: Windows was the only platform where it did not resolve it. The reason was that 5.2 did not support symlink on windows (or junctions) resolutions. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-31 01:44:18] whistl0r+phpbug at googlemail dot com I found this inconsistent behavior, after upgrading to PHP 5.3, because a required once call (required_once realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../configs/main.php');) failed. It failed because PHP 5.3 resolves the symlinks. I checked the documentation and it says that this is the wanted behavior. So it seems like, because it nothing new in PHP 5.3, that it must be a bug in PHP 5.2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-31 01:39:52] whistl0r+phpbug at googlemail dot com Description: ------------ Consister the following setup: You keep your source code in "C:\Repositories\example.org\trunk". You just point your DOCUMENT_ROOT to that folder via symlink/junction: httpd.conf: [...] DOCUMENT_ROOT "C:\Sites\example.org\htdocs" [...] C:\Sites\example.org>dir Volume in drive D is System Volume Serial Number is E49D-A2E7 Directory of C:\Sites\example.org 2010-05-31 01:08 <DIR> . 2010-05-31 01:08 <DIR> .. 2010-05-31 01:08 <JUNCTION> htdocs [C:\Repositories\example.org\trunk] You now run the script "C:\Sites\example.org\htdocs\test.php". Test script: --------------- <?php echo 'File: ' . __FILE__ . PHP_EOL; echo 'Dir: ' . dirname(__FILE__) . PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- File: C:\Repositories\example.org\trunk\test.php Dir: C:\Repositories\example.org\trunk Actual result: -------------- File: C:\Sites\example.org\htdocs\test.php Dir: C:\Sites\example.org\htdocs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51952&edit=1