Doc #74411 [Fbk->Opn]: SplFileInfo::getRealPath() returns false if containing folder is unreadable

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74411&edit=1 ID: 74411 User updated by: miklcct at gmail dot com Reported by: miklcct at gmail dot com Summary: SplFileInfo::getRealPath() returns false if containing folder is unreadable -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows 10 PHP Version: 7.1.3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Folder permission: All but list folder / read data File permission: Full control Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-02 17:44:18] ab@php.net What are the exact ACLs on the folder and the file? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-04-11 14:02:11] miklcct at gmail dot com I don't think it is a documentation issue, because 1. I'm using SplFileInfo, not bare functions. What the bare functions do is completely irrelevant to me. 2. Even it replicates the behaviour of that function, I have only denied the list content (read) permission but not traverse folder (execute) permission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-04-11 13:51:47] cmb@php.net It seems to me that is rather a documentation issue, as for realpath() it is already noted[1] that: | The running script must have executable permissions on all | directories in the hierarchy, otherwise realpath() will return | FALSE. [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/function.realpath.php#refsect1-function.realpath-returnvalues> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-04-11 08:18:52] miklcct at gmail dot com Description: ------------ On Windows, SplFileInfo::getRealPath() returns false if the containing folder is not readable even if the file itself is readable. This breaks in typical usage scenario where a SplFileInfo object is constructed using an uploaded file in temporary folder on Windows because the temporary folder in Windows is not readable by default, but creating files are allowed inside. To reproduce, follow the below steps: 1. Make directory C:\dir 2. Make file C:\dir\file and put some text inside 3. Run the script, ensure that the second var_dump returns the path 4. Add an NTFS permission entry on C:\dir saying "deny everyone on this folder only advanced permission list folder / read data" 5. Run the script again Test script: --------------- <?php $path = 'C:\dir\file'; $file = new SplFileInfo($path); var_dump(file_get_contents($path)); var_dump($file); var_dump($file->getRealPath()); Expected result: ---------------- Output similar to the below on both runs: M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:4: string(5) "test " M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:5: class SplFileInfo#1 (2) { private $pathName => string(11) "C:\dir\file" private $fileName => string(4) "file" } M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:6: string(11) "C:\dir\file" Actual result: -------------- After denying permission, the script outputs: M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:4: string(5) "test " M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:5: class SplFileInfo#1 (2) { private $pathName => string(11) "C:\dir\file" private $fileName => string(4) "file" } M:\splfileinfo_bug.php:6: bool(false) Note that the file is readable but SplFileInfo::getRealPath() returns false. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74411&edit=1