Bug #61408 [Opn->Nab]: Character set failure

From: Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:35:25 +0000
Subject: Bug #61408 [Opn->Nab]: Character set failure
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61408&edit=1

 ID:                 61408
 Updated by:         aharvey@php.net
 Reported by:        inge at upandforward dot com
 Summary:            Character set failure
-Status:             Open
+Status:             Not a bug
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Strings related
 Operating System:   Linux Ubuntu
 PHP Version:        5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

There are encodings where 0x2f (/) and 0x5c (\) are valid bytes within multi-byte 
characters, so basename() has to be locale-aware to deal with that.

Fundamentally, I don't really see why you would expect basename() to be able to 
deal sensibly with a configured locale that you don't have installed. Your test 
script behaves fine provided nb_NO.utf8 is available.

Not a bug -> closing.


Previous Comments:
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[2012-03-15 23:01:59] inge at upandforward dot com

Here's a replacement, but without the $suffix parameter:

function IV_basename($name)
{	$name = strrchr($name,DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
	if ($name) return substr($name,1);
	return false;
}

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[2012-03-15 22:55:47] inge at upandforward dot com

There is no return value (it may be false or an empty string), and locale -a does not include
"nb_NO". However, the site is used in Norway for Norwegian users, so it must be able to
handle Norwegian characters. The basename function should not make such distinctions, so I have
written my own - which works independently of locale or character set.
The php version has been corrected above because the bug report did not give that choice. My
suggested replacement could not be uploaded because the site did not accept a text file, even if it
stated that it was the only filetype accepted. I also had great trouble getting the right CAPTCHA
(Oh, yes, I can add numbers! :) )

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[2012-03-15 21:28:20] cataphract@php.net

What's the return value of setlocale? Does locale -a show that locale?

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[2012-03-15 20:14:36] inge at upandforward dot com

Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.basename#refsect1-function.basename-seealso
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Even if I have defined setlocale('nb_NO.utf8");
the basename functions strips off some national characters.


Test script:
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echo basename('/directory/Øving.png");

Expected result:
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Øving.png

Actual result:
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ving.png


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