ID: 33047 Comment by: ian at res-alian dot com Reported By: wiseman1024 at gmail dot com Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Directory function related Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.3.9 New Comment:
I get the same problem with glob() using PHP 5.0.2 and 5.1.2 in Windows 2000 (my work computer, NTFS) and in Windows XP (notebook, 5.0.5, NTFS) but not Linux (server, 5.0.2, ext3). Sorry I can't offer a solution other than using Linux. I'm not sure if it has to do with the NTFS file system. It took me a while to figure out why some folders didn't work, and I thought it was a permission thing. When I noticed the folder that worked had no bracket, I tried adding brackets, and that made it not work. (Also removing the brackets made ones with brackets suddenly work.) Then I knew what to look for and found this bug entry with Google. What's strange is that glob() has no problem returning a list with some entries containing brackets, but not any entries at all when within a folder with brackets. The other strange thing is the opendir() and readdir() work fine in the same situation under Windows. It's more inconvenient but serves as a workaround. --i; Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-05-25 01:00:04] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-05-17 20:47:36] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-05-17 18:09:30] wiseman1024 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ glob() won't work (with any pattern and options whatsoever) when one directory in the current working path has matching brackets [ and ] with characters between the brackets. This means glob() will fail if the current working directory is one of: C:\php\[hello] C:\php\[hello]\hello C:\php\xxx[hello]xxx C:\php\[hello][ It will work, for example, if the current working directory is one of: C:\php C:\php\[hello C:\php\hello] C:\php\hello[] This seems to be a problem when using regular expressions in the implementation of glob. Reproduce code: --------------- /* Returns a list of files and directories, unless inside a directory with something between brackets*/ print_r(glob('*',FALSE)); Expected result: ---------------- Should always return an array with the files (assuming there are files in the current directory) Actual result: -------------- Nothing, because glob() returned false ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33047&edit=1
