#29048 [Opn->Bgs]: UNC path and mapping lead to different behaviour for exec() function

ID: 29048 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: phpbug at volcane dot fr -Status: Open +Status: Bogus -Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function +Bug Type: Apache related Operating System: windows XP pro PHP Version: 4.3.7 New Comment: No, it's not a bug. Apache just uses different working directory when you start it differently. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-07-07 14:43:01] phpbug at volcane dot fr Description: ------------ Hi, I've got a strange behaviour with apache 2.0.49 running a PHP (4.3.7) script, and I don't know if it is a bug, and if it's a bug, if it is related to PHP or apache. I use a virtual host, with a document root on a network drive (on a linux box, with samba). If I configure the virtual host with a path like "z:/path", everything works fine BUT apache cannot run as a service, as the z: mapping is done in the interactive session environment. In this configuration, the PHP command "exec('cd')" outputs "z:\path". Thus, I use the preferred UNC notation for my virtual host : "//host/share/path" . But if I do that, the PHP command "exec('cd')" outputs "c:\windows". Therefore all my commands executed through exec() have a different behaviour depending on the notation of the DocumentRoot (there's also a Directory directive for the same location), even if, physically, it points to the same location. I had to stop considering running apache as a service for this configuration (hopefully, it's only a development system). So, is it a bug ? and if so, an apache one, or a PHP one ? My opinion is that it is a bug, as it prevents me from running the application as a service in this network configuration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29048&edit=1