#41486 [Opn]: include_path ignored if file starts with ./ or ../

ID: 41486 Updated by: ezyang@php.net Reported By: tayloj1 at uk dot ibm dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: I haven't verified, but here's a patch if the behavior is indeed correct (I'm inclined to believe this reporter, but there's no harm in double-checking): Index: en/language/control-structures.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /repository/phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml,v retrieving revision 1.138 diff -u -r1.138 control-structures.xml --- en/language/control-structures.xml 7 May 2007 09:33:54 -0000 1.138 +++ en/language/control-structures.xml 26 May 2007 13:28:46 -0000 @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ in that file, <filename>b.php</filename> is first looked in <filename class="directory">/www/</filename> and then in <filename class="directory">/www/include/</filename>. If filename begins with <literal>./</literal> or <literal>../</literal>, it - is looked only in include_path relative to the current working directory. + is only looked for relative to the current working directory. </simpara> <simpara> When a file is included, the code it contains inherits the Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-05-24 09:55:07] tayloj1 at uk dot ibm dot com Description: ------------ ref: http://uk.php.net/include/ If the file for including starts with ./ or ../, include_path is not taken into account. The statement: "If filename begins with ./ or ../, it is looked only in include_path relative to the current working directory. " should be replaced with: "If the filename begins with ./ or ../, it is only looked for relatively to the current working directory." as demonstrated by the following experiment (tested on Windows and php 5.2.2): Reproduce code: --------------- Directory layout: \myScriptDir \a.php <?php include './b.php' ?> \myWorkingDir \php.exe \php.ini [...] include_path='include1;include2' [...] Execute: \myWorkingDir> php \myScriptDir\a.php Expected result: ---------------- Doc says: "it is looked only in include_path relative to the current working directory" Expected attempted file reads (if the documentation were correct): \myWorkingDir\include1\b.php \myWorkingDir\include2\b.php Actual result: -------------- Actual attempted file reads: \myWorkingDir\b.php Result obtained by stepping through the code with a debugger (namely _php_stream_fopen_with_path() in plain_wrapper.c) and confirmed with processmonitor, a tool which can monitor filesystem activity (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx) So files were only looked for relatively to the current working directory and the include path was not taken into account. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41486&edit=1