ID:               28656
 User updated by:  phpbugs at atu dot cjb dot net
 Reported By:      phpbugs at atu dot cjb dot net
-Status:           Bogus
+Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Filesystem function related
 Operating System: GNU/Linux
 PHP Version:      4.3.6
 New Comment:

Then the web site and manual pages should be updated so they display
correct information.  Currently it states:

"The glob() function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern
according to the rules used by the SHELL."

When in fact it is using the rules of the C function glob(), not the
UNIX shell.  The description needs to be fixed.  I am not complaining
about the way it is implimented, I am complaining about the
*description* being wrong.


Previous Comments:
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[2004-06-08 05:27:38] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

glob() works just like the underlying C function on which 
it is based. If you do not like that complain to libc 
developers. 

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[2004-06-08 04:55:44] phpbugs at atu dot cjb dot net

"The glob() function searches for all the pathnames matching pattern
according to the rules used by the shell. No tilde expansion or
parameter substitution is done."

This is from the manual page on php.net, but it is not correct.  The
example I gave has nothing at all to do with "ls", as iliaa suggested. 
It is "matching pattern according to the rules used by the shell",
exactly as the description states.  Go to a shell and type in the
command I said:

echo Dir/*/

That is pure shell wildcard expansion -- nothing to do with ls or any
other shell command.  Clearly globbing "*/" should not match "*" as it
currently does, if the objective is to use standard UNIX wildcard
expansion.

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[2004-06-07 15:53:07] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

glob() function returns the same output as the glob() libc 
function. The output of ls is something different and 
unrelated. 

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[2004-06-07 00:33:52] phpbugs at atu dot cjb dot net

Description:
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A trailing forward slash is ignored by glob(), but is not with standard
UNIX wildcard matching.

ls -lp Dir

drwx------  2 raven users 48 Jun  6 15:26 CSS/
drwx------  2 raven users 48 Jun  6 15:26 Extra/
drwx------  2 raven users 48 Jun  6 15:26 Images/
-rw-------  1 raven users  0 Jun  6 15:26 Main.data
-rw-------  1 raven users  0 Jun  6 15:26 index.php

echo Dir/*/

Dir/CSS/ Dir/Extra/ Dir/Images/

Reproduce code:
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foreach (glob("Dir/*/") as $Dir) { echo "$Dir "; }


Expected result:
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Dir/CSS/ Dir/Extra/ Dir/Images/

Actual result:
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Dir/CSS/ Dir/Extra/ Dir/Images/ Dir/Main.data Dir/index.php


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