#32162 [Fbk->NoF]: dirname returning \ for root entries

ID: 32162 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: paul at wavebreaks dot com -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Directory function related Operating System: Windows XP SP2 PHP Version: 5.0.3 New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-06 16:26:36] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-02 08:21:05] paul at wavebreaks dot com Description: ------------ This is probably the same or related to http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25450 and http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=18710 but since they are for Win 2k and/or closed, I thought the best bet was to open a new one. When a path-like-string is passed to dirname, if, and only if, the last entity (file, dir) is on the root (ie: only one / in the string) then dirname returns a backslash instead of a forward slash. There doesn't appear to be a config to tell PHP which part seperator to use, thus the dirname function is pointlessly broken unless you can guarentee it will never be given a root level entry. This, also, breaks your example in the documentation for header() for Location: header types. Reproduce code: --------------- print (dirname('/foo')."\n"); print (dirname('/foo/bar')."\n"); Expected result: ---------------- / /foo Actual result: -------------- \ /foo You might argue it's not a bug since Windows is meant to handle both types of path seperator, but a URI does not, and this is you main audience. This issue has been around for way past way too long. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32162&edit=1