You have been subscribed to a public bug: Package: php5 version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release: 8.04 Codename: hardy
PHP function "realpath()" does not function according to spec. According to PHP.net's documentation: ================== realpath — Returns canonicalized absolute pathname Returns the canonicalized absolute pathname on success. The resulting path will have no symbolic link, '/./' or '/../' components. realpath() returns FALSE on failure, e.g. if the file does not exist. ================== http://uk2.php.net/realpath The problem is that in this version of PHP (5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3), realpath fails to return FALSE if the file does not exist. ie. Code: $a = "/this/file/does/not/exist"; var_dump ( realpath ( $a ) ); Result: string(25) "/this/file/does/not/exist" Result should be: bool(false) Work around is to check if file exists: $a = "/this/file/does/not/exist"; var_dump ( realpath ( $a ) ); if ( true === file_exists ( $a ) ) { $result = realpath ( $a ); } else { $result = false; } var_dump ( $result ); But this is obviously a bug, which may cause many hard-to-trace bugs in many frameworks, as they assume realpath works as it should according to PHP.net's documentation. Therefore, I would probably escalate it as a serious bug. ** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 8.04 hardy php5 realpath -- PHP5 Realpath function https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302786 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
