#35064 [NEW]: Adding an optional $directorySeparator parameter to realpath()

From: pecoes at gmail dot com Operating system: WinXP PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Adding an optional $directorySeparator parameter to realpath() Description: ------------ Correct me if I'm wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a single PHP-function that requires backslashes in pathnames on a Windows-box. They all work happily with forward slashes. Personally, I have stopped using backslashes altogether, but there's a single function that's always a thorn in my side: realpath(). That frequently leads to ugly work-arounds such as this: $path = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath($rawpath)); So I'd like to suggest adding an optional $directorySeparator parameter, that would default to the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant: $path = realpath($rawpath, '/'); (Actually I'd prefer $directorySeparator to default to '/', but letting it default to DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR will cause no incompatibilities with anyone's existing code...) Hope that makes sense to you :0) Reproduce code: --------------- see text Expected result: ---------------- see text Actual result: -------------- see text -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35064&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35064&r=mysqlcfg