ID: 37350 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: k95vz5f02 at sneakemail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Windows XP SP2 PHP Version: 5.1.4 New Comment:
Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-23 17:19:53] k95vz5f02 at sneakemail dot com On further investigation, realpath doesn't consistently canonicalize the case at all on Windows, I've updated the summary accordingly. First to remember the need for this: the documentation definition for realpath is "Returns canonicalized absolute pathname", and Wikipedia defines canonicalization as "Canonicalization (abbreviated c14n) is the process of converting data that has more than one possible representation into a "standard" canonical representation. This can be done to compare different representations for equivalence (...)" So clearly case should be converted to a standard form on platforms such as Windows that are case-insensitive, and indeed Windows stores the preferred case for every file, for example the standard directory 'C:\Program Files' should be capitalised like that, rather than, e.g. 'C:\program files' or 'C:\PROGRAM FILES', whereas 'C:\WINDOWS' is the preferred case for that directory (on Win XP at least). Tests: 1. realpath("C:\\Program Files") => C:\Program Files 2. realpath("c:\\PrOgRaM fIlEs") => c:\PrOgRaM fIlEs 3. realpath("C:\\program files\\") => C:\program files 4. realpath("C:/program files/") => C:\program files 5. realpath("C:\\pRoGrA~1") => C:\Program Files 6. realpath("c:\\windows") => c:\WINDOWS 7. realpath("c:\\wInDoWs\\DoWnLoAdEd PrOgRaM fIlEs\\") => c:\WINDOWS\DoWnLoAdEd PrOgRaM fIlEs Conclusion: realpath deals with slashes consistently, but it only canonicalizes the case of short filenames (as well as expanding them), not long file names (anything more than 8.3, or with a space, etc); and it never capitalizes the drive letter as it should. A possible solution, if slightly inefficient, would be to convert path components into short (8.3) form then apply the normal realpath logic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-06-23 11:13:39] hanskrentel at yahoo dot de within the windows OS there is no difference between cAsE in filenames, a solution might be to read out the actual filename from the system and return it by realpath. but this won't be a valid solution afterall: next to case ignorance, there are two filenames for a file as well: the long and the short (8.3) one (since win/32/95 or FAT 32). so i guess a comparison will fail in that case anyway. additionally, for me another problem occurs: c:\windows is a directory and could be name as c:\windows\ as well (in my opinion it even should but that's my personal opinion anyway). since for me there is no logical correct solution for this problem anyway I would suggest to handle the windows filesystem more similar to the *nix one, that meaning using / instead of \ for example to point to directories with the needed / at the end. additionally, a virtual root might be good idea as well sothat "c:\windows" would be "/c:/windows/" afterall. this would help developers to create better cross platform code. this might be already discussed somewhere else maybe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-07 18:41:58] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Realpath is also used internally for f.e. include_once, so this should be looked into. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-05-07 18:08:28] k95vz5f02 at sneakemail dot com Description: ------------ The realpath function doesn't canonicalize the case of the drive letter on Windows (and possibly on certain other platforms). For example: realpath('C:\WINDOWS') returns 'C:\WINDOWS' but realpath('c:\WINDOWS') returns 'c:\WINDOWS' (note the different case of the 'C:') Hence comparing realpaths cannot reliably be used to check that two files are the same on Windows. Reproduce code: --------------- echo (realpath('C:\WINDOWS')==realpath('c:\WINDOWS')) ? "true" : "false"; Expected result: ---------------- true Actual result: -------------- false ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37350&edit=1