Doc #54536 [Csd]: dirname() and basename() documentation unclear/incorrect for Windows

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54536&edit=1 ID: 54536 User updated by: chealer at gmail dot com Reported by: chealer at gmail dot com Summary: dirname() and basename() documentation unclear/incorrect for Windows Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: googleguy Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Would you please explain how this was solved? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-16 12:46:11] googleguy@php.net This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-15 06:31:25] chealer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Hi, earlier I reported http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53401 about the documentation for basename and dirname, which was partly addressed by revision 308194, but there are still a few issues, in particular for Windows. Again this bug report is wide. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.basename.php The basename page describes the return value: Returns the base name of the given path. But a path can have no basename if it has no component. Also, the suffix parameter is described: If the name component ends in suffix this will also be cut off. The path can have several filename components, I suppose this should read: If the basename ends in suffix this will also be cut off. The dirname page has more Windows-specific issues. Problems are mostly with edge cases. The following is said about the return value: If there are no slashes in path, a dot ('.') is returned, indicating the current directory. Otherwise, the returned string is path with any trailing /component removed. As shown in example 2, even if there is a slash, the operation is more complex than removing a trailing slash followed by a component. dirname can also remove a slash followed by a component followed by a slash. And this is only valid on UNIX; on Windows backslashes are considered too. dirname documentation refers to the parent directory, but eventually, there is no more parent directory (like for "/"). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54536&edit=1