Bug #52175 [NEW]: is_link() returns false for symbolic links on windows

From: Operating system: Windows Vista SP2 PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: Filesystem function related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:is_link() returns false for symbolic links on windows Description: ------------ 'is_link($fname)' returns 'false' on windows vista, even if the file named by $fname exists and _is_ a symbolic link, regardless of if it points to a file or a directory; Bug #51766 MAY also be related to this problem; Test script: --------------- <?php // precondition: directories c:\windows and c:\temp must exist symlink('c:\windows', 'c:\temp\win'); // the link is created successfully var_dump(is_link('c:\temp\win')); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) Actual result: -------------- bool(false) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52175&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52175&r=mysqlcfg