Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63769&edit=1
ID: 63769 Updated by: a...@php.net Reported by: hanskrentel at yahoo dot de Summary: file:// protocol does not support percent-encoded characters Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Streams related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.4.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: @hanskrentel That's my test: - create file 'catalog%202.xml' with content "percent filename" - create file 'catalog 2.xml' with content "space filename" - then run php -r "echo file_get_contents('file://C:/my/path/catalog%202.xml');" percent filename - then run php -r "echo file_get_contents('file://C:/my/path/catalog 2.xml');" space filename That's pretty straight forward. That's what I mean - no decoding, both are valid filenames. The decoding should be done in your app depending on what it needs. In your example - you create 'catalog 2.xml' and are trying to stat 'catalog%202.xml', literally. But 'catalog%202.xml' doesn't exist. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-06 07:03:56] anon at anon dot anon Actually, hold on a sec, plus signs are *not* supposed to be decoded here. That means that file names containing plus signs would not be broken by a fix, and only file names containing a '%xx' (where x is a hexit) sequence would be affected, which is probably uncommon. Perhaps you have a chance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-06 06:38:45] anon at anon dot anon >You would have wanted to access it via 'file:///C:/temp/catalog%%25202.xml' Actually, 'catalog%25202.xml', but I know, I'm agreeing with you. I'm just pointing out that this erroneous behavior may be depended on somewhere in some PHP script, where the author, in good faith, did whatever made things work. I assume you're going to pass your path through urldecode (or not encode it in the first place), and then you'll be one of them. In any case, you're unlikely to get any support here. The reviewers here don't do much except dismiss things as 'Not a bug' and once they've successfully done that they lose interest. C'est le PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-06 01:29:30] hanskrentel at yahoo dot de If you would create a file named catalog%202.xml. You would have wanted to access it via: 'file:///C:/temp/catalog%%25202.xml' which as well does not work. I'm not doing a bug report here to be treated like an idiot. I better suggest you piss completely off instead of leaving such an idiotic comment. My 2 cents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-20 16:27:43] anon at anon dot anon >The path "file:///C:/temp/catalog%202.xml" (without the quotes) does *not* >work. Unfortunately it does work, if you create a file literally named catalog%202.xml. PHP's behavior is broken but it's impossible to alter it without breaking compatibility. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-17 14:55:51] hanskrentel at yahoo dot de I beg your pardon, but if both are perfectly valid filenames, the fs function behaviour is broken (and not correct), because it does not work with both perfectly valid filenames: The path "file:///C:/temp/catalog%202.xml" (without the quotes) does *not* work. The request is to remove this shortcoming and have it work. I thought this was clear from the initial report. Please let me know how I can further assist with this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63769 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63769&edit=1