#32967 [NEW]: The never ending bug with __FILE__

From: oskar-phpbug at eyb dot de Operating system: FreeBSD 5.3 PHP version: 5.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: The never ending bug with __FILE__ Description: ------------ It seems a never fixed problem with __FILE__ It looks like this description: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=13936 After I updatetd because this bug from PHP 4.3.11 to 5.0.4, unfortunately, there is the same problem. I would be very grateful if this can be fixed now. Reproduce code: --------------- In install/steps/SystemChecksStep.class of the Gallery2 - Distribution there is the following code of interest: function CheckFileDirective() { if (strstr(__FILE__, 'install/steps/SystemChecksStep.class') || strstr(__FILE__, '\\install\\steps\\SystemChecksStep.class')) { return true; } else { return false; } } Expected result: ---------------- __FILE__ should return the full path, that is the absolute path, of the file where it's called in. __FILE__ returning a relative path is a known php problem and should have been fixed by now. it seems that PHP couldn't fix it for all system, i.e. obviously it doesn't work on your freebsd machine. Actual result: -------------- If I write above the if (...) die('__FILE__ = ' . __FILE__); then in the browser appears __FILE__ = ./steps/SystemChecksStep.class -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32967&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=32967&r=mysqlcfg