Req #79795 [Opn]: Support SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79795&edit=1 ID: 79795 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: svnpenn at gmail dot com Summary: Support SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows 10 PHP Version: Next Minor Version Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Makes sense to me. A pull request would be welcome. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-07-05 02:12:29] svnpenn at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Windows SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE Using this file: <?php symlink('a.php', 'b.php'); I get this result: PS C:\php> php a.php Warning: symlink(): Permission denied in C:\php\a.php on line 2 I am not running as admin, but I do have developer mode enabled: <https://howtogeek.com/292914/what-is-developer-mode-in-windows-10> Since December 2016, admin rights are not required to create a symlink, as long as the application uses the flag SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE: <https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10> Note that other programming languages are already doing this. For example Python: <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/1f764531/Modules/winreparse.h#L50> Dart: <https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/blob/a677c245/runtime/bin/file_win.cc#L430> Go: <https://github.com/golang/go/blob/dd150176/src/internal/syscall/windows/symlink_windows.go#L13> Nim: <https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/af27e6bd/lib/pure/os.nim#L2417-L2419> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79795&edit=1