Bug #76974 [NEW]: file_exists() resolves "/existing/path/////"

From: bendietze at yahoo dot de Operating system: PHP 7.2.10-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 PHP version: 7.2.10 Package: Filesystem function related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:file_exists() resolves "/existing/path/////" Description: ------------ if (file_exists("/existing/path/////")) echo "why that?"; But only with a existing path! before /// Test script: --------------- if (file_exists("/existing/path/////")) echo "// is equal to ////////// and all together true"; -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76974&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76974&r=mysqlcfg