Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64327&edit=1
ID: 64327
Updated by: a...@php.net
Reported by: ashwini at majestik dot net
Summary: is_file, file_exists, is_readable fail on special
characters
-Status: Open
+Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: Filesystem function related
Operating System: Windows Server 2003
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume
of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not
a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation
for you.
Thank you for your interest in PHP.
Ok, so even not tested as your description delivers the solution. If the php
file
is utf8 encoded, the special char is represented with at least two bytes. If
the
real filename happens to use a single byte charset like cp1252, here you are.
That
doesn't mean you cannot use utf8 encoded sources, just care you always convert
the
filename to the right charset.
Previous Comments:
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[2013-02-28 20:32:25] ashwini at majestik dot net
Description:
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>From manual page:
>http://www.php.net/function.is-file#refsect1-function.is-file-description
---
The is_file, file_exists and is_readable functions fail in Windows even if the
file actually does exist, if the file name contains a special character. This
happens because of the encoding of the .php file itself that executes the
is_file function, if the .php file is encoded with UTF-8 then the above
commands incorrectly fail.
If instead the .php file is encoded with "Western (Windows 1252)" then the file
with the special character is found and is_file/file_exists/etc return
correctly.
Tested under IIS 6 w/ PHP 5.2.4 on Windows Server 2003.
Test script:
---------------
<?
$my_picture="photos/fullsize/Djañgo.jpg";
if (is_file($my_picture)) {
echo "picture found!";
} else {
echo "picture NOT found! $my_picture";
}
?>
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