#30811 [NEW]: virtual() causes relative paths in require() to break

From: cantrell at pobox dot com Operating system: OS X, Linux PHP version: 4.3.9 PHP Bug Type: Apache related Bug description: virtual() causes relative paths in require() to break Description: ------------ When virtual() calls another page that contains require('./xyz'), the require() call breaks. But it works with require('xyz'), which smells really bad, and makes me think this is a bug and not just me missing something. Posted this to php-general, but got no feedback. Reproduced on OS X 10.3.6 + Apache 1.3.29 + PHP/4.3.4, and on Debian + Apache 1.3.31 + PHP/4.3.9-1. Reproduce code: --------------- ------ foo.php ------ This is foo. <?php virtual('subdir/bar.php'); ?> ------ foo.shtml (my "control group") ------ This is foo. <!--#include virtual="subdir/bar.php"--> ------ subdir/bar.php ------ This is bar. <?php require('./baz.php'); ?> ------ subdir/baz.php ------ This is baz. Expected result: ---------------- This is foo. This is bar. This is baz. [Note: foo.shtml correctly produces this output; foo.php should in theory work identically, but does not.] Actual result: -------------- This is foo. This is bar. Warning: main(./baz.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /blah/blah/subdir/bar.php on line 2 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './baz.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /blah/blah/ subdir/bar.php on line 2 Oddly, it works if bar.php says require('baz.php') instead of require('./baz.php'). -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30811&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30811&r=mysqlcfg