[php-src] Issue #9230: Consistent support for NTFS streams
| From: | cmb69 | Date: | Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:42:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | [php-src] Issue #9230: Consistent support for NTFS streams | ||
| Groups: | php.bugs | ||
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/9230
Author: cmb69
### Description
The following code:
```php
<?php
$filename = __DIR__ . "/ntfs.txt:foo";
var_dump(file_put_contents($filename, "bar"));
var_dump(file_get_contents($filename));
var_dump(file_exists($filename));
var_dump(realpath($filename));
var_dump(@stat($filename) !== false);
var_dump(basename($filename));
var_dump(file_exists(basename($filename)));
```
Resulted in this output for NTS builds:
```
int(3)
string(3) "bar"
bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(true)
string(12) "ntfs.txt:foo"
bool(false)
```
Resulted in this output for ZTS builds:
```
int(3)
string(3) "bar"
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(false)
string(12) "ntfs.txt:foo"
bool(false)
```
As shown, the support for [NTFS
streams](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-fscc/c54dec26-1551-4d3a-a0ea-4fa40f848eb3)
is totally inconsistent. Reading and writing such streams is supported, but
file_exists() and stat() behave differently for NTS and ZTS builds (and
even differently for NTS streams depending on whether an absolute or relative path is given).
realpath() always fails.
Furthermore, pathinfo() and friends report the stream name as part of the filename,
usually even as part of the file extension.
This (dangerous) inconsistency should be resolved one way or another. It might be best to completely
remove support for NTFS streams for plain files, mostly to be consistent with other systems, and to
avoid confusion for userland developers. A simple solution would be to "reject" such
filenames, i.e. report permission denied when trying to access them. If we do this,
pathinfo() and friends can likely stay as is.
If support for NTFS streams is desireable, we could introduce a new stream wrapper (say
ntfs://) which would make NTFS stream access explicit.
### PHP Version
all supported versions
### Operating System
Windows