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Request #61759 class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes
Submitted: 2012-04-18 06:11 UTC Modified: 2013-08-29 08:13 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:1 (50.0%)
From: aharvey@php.net Assigned: laruence (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: master-Git-2012-04-18 (Git) OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2012-04-18 06:11 UTC] aharvey@php.net
Description:
------------
Aliasing namespaced classes currently expects that class names will be given in 
the same form as the ZE uses internally; ie without a leading backslash. Since 
that's inconsistent with the absolute form in PHP, it would be good if 
class_alias() could also ignore a leading backslash.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
namespace A;
class C { function foo() { echo "42\n"; } }

namespace B;
class_alias('\A\C', '\B\C');
$c = new C;
$c->foo();

Expected result:
----------------
42

Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Class 'B\C' not found in /private/tmp/test.php on line 7

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fix-class_alias (last revision 2013-08-27 09:46 UTC by jpauli@php.net)

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 [2013-08-26 18:13 UTC] contact at jubianchi dot fr
I experienced the exact same issue on PHP 5.4.17 on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks DP6).
I wrote a simple test case, here it is :

Test script:
---------------
namespace jubianchi\Alias {
    class A {}
 
    var_dump(class_alias('\\jubianchi\\Alias\\A', 'C'));
    $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('C');
    var_dump($reflector->getName());  

    var_dump(class_alias('\\jubianchi\\Alias\\A', '\\jubianchi\\Alias\\B'));
    try {
        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\\jubianchi\\Alias\\B');
        var_dump($reflector->getName());
    } catch(\Exception $e) {
        var_dump(get_class($e) . ': ' . $e->getMessage());
    }

    var_dump(class_alias('\\jubianchi\\Alias\\A', 'jubianchi\\Alias\\B'));
    $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\\jubianchi\\Alias\\B');
    var_dump($reflector->getName());        
}

Expected result:
----------------
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"

Or:
----------------
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"
bool(false)
string(60) "ReflectionException: Class \jubianchi\Alias\B does not exist"
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"

Actual result:
----------------
bool(true)
string(1) "A"
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"
bool(true)
string(60) "ReflectionException: Class \jubianchi\Alias\B does not exist"
bool(true)
string(17) "jubianchi\Alias\A"

As you can see, class_alias returns bool(true) as if everything went fine, so we 
expect the alias to be available but a reflection on the latter throws an 
exception.
I think class_alias should be able to handle the leading backslashes or return 
bool(false) if it can't.
 [2013-08-26 18:32 UTC] johannes@php.net
Note: The bug report is too restrictive. A proper patch would have to work on all places where classnames come from string context. This at first means verifying that all places go via zend_lookup_class() and related functions, not EG(class_table) / CG(class_table)
 [2013-08-27 09:45 UTC] jpauli@php.net
Johannes: I agree, but we could start by patching this bug report right?
I got a patch here : https://github.com/jpauli/php-
src/compare/class_alias_registration_fix
 [2013-08-27 09:46 UTC] jpauli@php.net
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: fix-class_alias
Revision:   1377596813
URL:        https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=61759&patch=fix-class_alias&revision=1377596813
 [2013-08-27 10:08 UTC] johannes@php.net
Technically we could, but it adds some inconsistency if one place allows this but others not and that should be avoided.
 [2013-08-27 10:19 UTC] contact at jubianchi dot fr
I agree with Johannes about consistency.

The severity is not really is not very high and this use case can easily be 
handled at a useland level.

As long as this behavior is not "fixed" I think a warning on the doc shoudl be 
enough, even if I'd like to see it fixed (but as I said, it's not a big deal at 
the moment).

BTW, thanks for you work Julien :)
 [2013-08-27 12:04 UTC] jpauli@php.net
Yep, let's start finding all places where classes as strings can be used, and 
patch them all to use zend_lookup_class().
There shouldn't be tons of them AFAIR.
 [2013-08-27 12:10 UTC] nikic@php.net
I'm not convinced that allowing a leading \ is something we should strive towards. The \ is unnecessary and redundant (as string names are always fully qualified). I'd rather allow only the canonical form.
 [2013-08-27 12:55 UTC] contact at jubianchi dot fr
Also agree with the fact that the leading backslashes are redundant but the point 
is that class_alias returns a value saying all went fine (bool(true)) when the 
alias is not reachable after the call.
 [2013-08-29 07:19 UTC] dmitry@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=dfc6feb6e84f27094e6a2e3947caa094f7c35d26
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2013-08-29 07:19 UTC] dmitry@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 [2013-08-29 07:19 UTC] dmitry@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=15694f66b2732962b760463803a68a1fa3bb098f
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2013-08-29 07:20 UTC] dmitry@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Open
 [2013-08-29 07:20 UTC] dmitry@php.net
The fix for this bug has been committed.

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 [2013-08-29 08:13 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: laruence
 [2014-08-22 07:07 UTC] ab@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=58606fc10d667ea3330bb3129c2536ce4d714056
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2014-10-07 23:17 UTC] stas@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src-security.git;a=commit;h=dfc6feb6e84f27094e6a2e3947caa094f7c35d26
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2014-10-07 23:17 UTC] stas@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src-security.git;a=commit;h=15694f66b2732962b760463803a68a1fa3bb098f
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2014-10-07 23:28 UTC] stas@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src-security.git;a=commit;h=dfc6feb6e84f27094e6a2e3947caa094f7c35d26
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2014-10-07 23:28 UTC] stas@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src-security.git;a=commit;h=15694f66b2732962b760463803a68a1fa3bb098f
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 [2016-07-20 11:41 UTC] davey@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of dmitry@zend.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=58606fc10d667ea3330bb3129c2536ce4d714056
Log: Fixed bug #61759 (class_alias() should accept classes with leading backslashes). (Julien)
 
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