Req #45517 [Com]: Widechar/Unicode Win32 APIs not used for file/dir access

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45517&edit=1 ID: 45517 Comment by: dimagsv at f-m dot fm Reported by: louis at steelbytes dot com Summary: Widechar/Unicode Win32 APIs not used for file/dir access Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Win2003/XP/Vista PHP Version: 5.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Same on Windows 8.1 x64, PHP 5.6.4 Is there any changes will be in PHP 5.7 ? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-09-01 13:29:46] pajoye@php.net There is no change and won't have any change in this area in php 5.3 or 5.4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-09-01 13:07:52] dkrysiak at o2 dot pl Same on Windows 2008 Server, PHP 5.3.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-15 07:34:02] louis at steelbytes dot com Description: ------------ PHP doesn't use the Widechar/Unicode Win32 APIs for file/dir access Reproduce code: --------------- create a file or folder which has chars in it's name that are outside the code page of the iis/appache user acount. eg, try sticking greek and russian and chinese chars in one file name. now try and read/write/dirlist that file. is this a real problem? yes. although the above example is a bit contrived this is a problem for me. I guess I will have to write my own php extension to do file handling as I'm not betting this will be fixed until php6? Expected result: ---------------- for php on NT family to use the Widechar/Unicode funcs. ie, CreateFileW(...) instead of CreateFileA(...) Actual result: -------------- n/a ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45517&edit=1