Bug #61441 [NEW]: readlink returns operating system specific directory separators in result

From: Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit PHP version: 5.3.10 Package: Filesystem function related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:readlink returns operating system specific directory separators in result Description: ------------ readlink when called on a directory symlink in Windows 7 returns directory separators of '\', whereas seemingly most other filesystem functions return directory separators of '/' regardless of host operating system. Test script: --------------- <?php echo 'Docroot: ' . $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '<br />'; echo 'Readlink: ' . readlink($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) . '<br />'; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Docroot: C:/sites/project Readlink: C:/work/Project/wwwroot Actual result: -------------- Docroot: C:/sites/project Readlink: C:\work\Project\wwwroot -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61441&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61441&r=mysqlcfg