Req #54122 [NEW]: symlink should create backslashs

From: Operating system: Windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Filesystem function related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:symlink should create backslashs Description: ------------ Most people are using forward slashs, even on Windows. But there is a problem with symlink(). As you can see in the example, the symlink is created as given in the code. Of course, many programs can't work with slashs, e.g. cmd.exe internal functions. The symlink data it read by programs "as is", in this case "./foo.php". And a "/" is not working in cmd.exe (or other programs). Thus it would be nice, if symlink() on Windows is changing "/" itself to "\". Test script: --------------- In the shell: php -r "symlink('./foo.php', 'bar.php');" dir bar.php type bar.php Expected result: ---------------- 28.02.2011 17:49 <SYMLINK> bar.php [.\test.php] Content of test.php Actual result: -------------- 28.02.2011 17:49 <SYMLINK> bar.php [./test.php] File not found. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54122&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54122&r=mysqlcfg