Bug #76460 [Opn]: Windows absolute symbolic links created without drive letter.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76460&edit=1 ID: 76460 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: php dot net at sameprecision dot org Summary: Windows absolute symbolic links created without drive letter. Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Windows Server 2016 PHP Version: 7.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Related to bug #60841. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-06-12 02:29:03] php dot net at sameprecision dot org Description: ------------ Absolute symbolic links for local drives created in a standard cmd shell without drive letter using mklink are not followed in PHP. For instance, in cmd, "mklink /d c:\tmp\windows \windows" creates a symbolic link (directory) to c:\windows. In PHP, is_dir('c:/tmp/windows') returns false. is_link('c:/tmp/windows') returns true. readlink('c:/tmp/windows') returns "c:/windows". is_dir('/windows') returns true. If the link is created with the drive letter, is_dir/is_file returns true. This seems like an inconsistency given that is_file/is_dir recognize absolute paths to files/directories that do not include the drive letter. Test script: --------------- Windows cmd shell without drive letter: mkdir c:\tmp mklink /d c:\tmp\windows \windows PHP interactive CLI (php -a): is_dir('c:/tmp/windows') == true //false is_dir('/windows') == true //true readlink('c:/tmp/windows') == 'c:\windows' //true Windows cmd shell with drive letter: mkdir c:\tmp mklink /d c:\tmp\windows c:\windows PHP interactive CLI (php -a): is_dir('c:/tmp/windows') == true //true is_dir('/windows') == true //true readlink('c:/tmp/windows') == 'c:\windows' //true ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76460&edit=1