ID: 14839 User updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Closed Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions Operating System: Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris PHP Version: 4.0.5 New Comment:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" makes it all clear. I searched all the release documentation (for all the releases since getcwd() was introduced in 1999) prior to writing this bug for any remarks about this kind of behavior, but couldn't find anything. The default behavior for Unix and DOS programs is to run in the CWD, so programmers tend to expect that of other programs, such as PHP. As "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" pointed out, this may not be the most desirable behavior for a Web script. Since it is contrary to what most programs do, I'd like to request that the documentation of the startup behavior of PHP be sure to note this behavior, and that the -C option be documented a bit more boldly -- at least listed in the release notes. Thanks. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-04 05:02:27] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Closing the report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-04 05:01:54] [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is nothing wrong with getcwd(). The problem is that php changes current working directory to the script's. This makes sense if you think of CGI scripts, but makes no sense if you write command line programs. That's way a new command line switch (-C) was introduced in PHP 4.1.0 which prevents PHP from chdir'ing into script's directory. So changing the first line of your script to #!/usr/local/bin/php -qC (and upgrading to 4.1) should fix the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-04 00:47:58] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, some comments, if i may. Firstly, I have verified this behaviour, however (and I could be wrong), this is not unexpected. The script executes relavtive to the directory it exists within, not the directory you are currently in. I can't particularly explain why, but this kind of makes sense. If you had a script in some unsafe directory, allowing the moving and deleting of files, and you could run it in a secured directory, in which the php process had sufficient access, and affect the files there, would that not present potential security risks? Anyhow, i could be wrong, so don't take what i said as corret. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-04 00:22:32] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, I suppose you want my configure line, even though it really doesn't make a difference. Here it is: CONFIGURE_COMMAND = './configure' '--with-gd=/usr/local' '--with-mysql' '--with-openssl' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/sbin/apxs' '--prefix=/usr/local' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-04 00:16:48] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This problem was previously reported by someone against PHP 4.0.6 in Bug ID # 14214. Latest comment on the that reports says they are going to close it for lack of information. This bug has existed in every version of PHP I've used since 1999. It fails on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Both mistaken report the directory which contains the script being run, NOT the current working directory. This fails when run from a directory other than where the script is saved: #! /usr/local/bin/php -q <?php system("pwd"); echo `pwd`; echo getcwd(); echo "\n"; ?> Under any POSIX-compliant OS, or just about any version of Unix, calling the getcwd(3) library routine should get the correct result. It appears the PHP interpreter startup is changing directories without saving this value first, since even calling the OS gives incorrect values. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14839&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]