#15706 [Fbk->Ana]: readdir doesn't return correct FRENCH filenames

ID: 15706 Updated by: sfox@php.net Reported By: musallam@sympatico.ca -Status: Feedback +Status: Analyzed Bug Type: Directory function related Operating System: WIN XP PHP Version: 4.1.1 New Comment: I just spent some days playing with this one before coming to the conclusion that it's not a PHP bug *as such*, more to do with MS character types not being ANSI-compatible. The PHP directory functions for win32 use MS functions which return MS-defined char types (as opposed to the PHP string functions, which don't touch MS and which work fine :). We use those to set up win32 directory functions in a way that is as nearly as possible compatible with unix-flavoured systems, and the returned char type is then used throughout the universal directory functions. Unfortunately 'char' in this instance means 'single byte'. Fixing the win32 dir functions within PHP to make it possible for other MS char types to be used would mean that the wrong type is returned to the PHP directory functions used by all systems. It appears that the only way to internationalise PHP in this area would be to separate out the win32 directory functions completely .. I'm not happy with the politics of this, particularly given the widespread use of dir and file names within PHP source (think of streams, etc). If anyone can think of a better way to implement dirent for win32, please do! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-14 17:54:10] sniper@php.net Does this happen if you run the same code fragment on command line? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-14 10:46:22] nohn@php.net On the Web you should always use 7-Bit ASCII (no german umlauts or these daft french characters or whatever is no "standard") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-25 17:50:57] musallam@sympatico.ca I'm not sure either, but fact remains, the letters returned have either a wrong encoding or wrong string conversion... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-25 06:15:12] sander@php.net I don't think this is a PHP problem... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-24 23:39:08] musallam@sympatico.ca hi, I'm think this is a valid bug :) I'm trying to list files from a certain directory with readdir() but any accented capital letter is returned without the accent... I'll explain: ---------------------------------- my directory listing is: . .. Bloqueurs des canaux calciques voltage.doc Diurétiques.doc REGF et JNK.pdf Éicosanoides.doc <-------- ---------------------------------- the file pointed by the arrow is returned "Eicosanoides.doc" no accent on the capital E. The problem isn't present with lowercase letters, i.e. the filename "Diurétiques.doc" is returned correctly. here's my code: $handle=opendir($dir); echo "Files:<br>\n"; while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { echo "<br>$file\n"; } closedir($handle); I hope this is enough info, dont hesitate to email me for anything. I'm running Apache1.3.23 with PHP4.1.1 binaries from php.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15706&edit=1