Re: php can't resolve 8.3 paths to unicode filenames, is that expected ?

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:40 AM, R. S. <rsk82@live.com> wrote: > Hello Pierre, > > Friday, August 16, 2013, 5:38:01 AM, you wrote: > >> and 'TESTUN~1.PHP' has unicode, created using CreateFileW with >> 'testunicode-ßäü123-öâ.php' as path. Fetch the 8.3 path and use it to >> open the file using php, works. In other words. exactly what your COM >> script does. Now, why you come to the conclusion that PHP can't open >> 8.3 path is a misery to me right now. It can and without issue. > > It still seems you didn't read my examples, but this time your fresh mind > actually helped narrowing the problem and thanks > for that ! > > Indeed 'testunicode-ßäü123-öâ.php' works without > any issue. It seems that only some character ranges > are making php unable to get to the file, like russian or greek. > > if you make files like: > testunicode-Ελλάδα or testunicode-Россия > > Then php can't get handle to these files with errors like: > > Warning: fopen(C:\TESTUN~3.PHP): failed to open stream: Invalid argument > in C:\test.php on line 7 > So the problem is even stranger. Ok, now I can reproduce it. That's actually weird and have to look at it :) > How the php filesystem function is ever supposed to > know that the path contain unicode letter since it was given the shorth path. Again, it does not. Nothing in php deals with unicode paths. > It really looks like someone tried to implement unicode filename handling in PHP > but stopped in middle. No, nobody tried in any acitve branches, nor in master (not released yet). And believe me, I know that very well. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org