#36956 [Opn->Csd]: dirname returns \ for root /

ID: 36956 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: e dot vandeoudeweetering at marcanti dot esprit-sg dot -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2000 (5.00.2195) SP4 PHP Version: 5.1.4 New Comment: 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. <?php dirname('c:/x'); // returns 'c:\' dirname('c:/Temp/x'); // returns 'c:/Temp' dirname('/x'); // returns '\' ?> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-10-18 21:39:44] tony2001@php.net Reclassified as docu problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-08-29 10:12:29] e dot vandeoudeweetering at marcanti dot esprit-sg dot Again the same results, this time with php: C:\>php -v PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Aug 23 2006 16:35:53) Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies Results: C:\>test.php C:\Temp : C:\\Temp C:/Temp : C:\/Temp C:\ : C:\\C: C:/ : C:\/C: \\server\share : \\server\share //server/share : //server/share /usr/local : /usr/local ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-22 06:45:45] e dot vandeoudeweetering at marcanti dot esprit-sg dot I used the latest release of php: C:\phptemp>php -v PHP 5.1.4 (cli) (built: May 4 2006 10:35:22) Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies Still the bad results: C:\phptemp>test.php C:\Temp : C:\\Temp C:/Temp : C:\/Temp C:\ : C:\\C: C:/ : C:\/C: \\server\share : \\server\share //server/share : //server/share /usr/local : /usr/local ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-04-26 11:13:31] e dot vandeoudeweetering at marcanti dot esprit-sg dot I used: C:\phptemp>php -v PHP 5.1.3RC4-dev (cli) (built: Apr 26 2006 12:19:43) Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies With the same result as before: C:\phptemp>test.php C:\Temp : C:\\Temp C:/Temp : C:\/Temp C:\ : C:\\C: C:/ : C:\/C: \\server\share : \\server\share //server/share : //server/share /usr/local : /usr/local ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-04-10 12:01:39] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.1-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.1-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/36956 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36956&edit=1