Bug #42778 [Com]: realpath() adds trailing slash

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42778&edit=1 ID: 42778 Comment by: php dot net at digilog dot de Reported by: k dot bizuns at inbox dot lv Summary: realpath() adds trailing slash Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.2.4 New Comment: Does it really make sense that this function behaves so inconsistently about its trailing slashes between Linux and Win?: LINUX (tested with PHP 5.2.11): --- realpath('.') : string = "/myhttpdfolder" realpath('./') : string = "/myhttpdfolder" realpath('fileadmin') : string = "/myhttpdfolder/fileadmin" realpath('fileadmin/') : string = "/myhttpdfolder/fileadmin" WINDOWS (tested with PHP 5.2.5): --- realpath('.') : string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder" realpath('./') : string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\" realpath('fileadmin') : string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\fileadmin" realpath('fileadmin/') : string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\fileadmin\\" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-02 09:33:23] tony2001@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-27 13:49:50] k dot bizuns at inbox dot lv Description: ------------ <?php echo realpath( './' ) ; ?> This code in PHP 5.2.4 gives an output with trailing slash (example: C:\www\) PHP 5.2.3 not (example: C:\www). Who is right? Tested on WinXP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42778&edit=1