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Bug #19741 Path no longer works in unlink, pdf_open_file
Submitted: 2002-10-03 14:48 UTC Modified: 2002-10-27 22:12 UTC
Votes:6
Avg. Score:4.8 ± 0.4
Reproduced:6 of 6 (100.0%)
Same Version:3 (50.0%)
Same OS:1 (16.7%)
From: scott at meikohou dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Apache2 related
PHP Version: 4.2.3 and CVS Snap OS: linux 2.4.18
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-10-03 14:48 UTC] scott at meikohou dot com 
In old apache 
1.3.26/php.4.0.6


if (file_exists("somefile.pdf")) unlink("somefile.pdf");
pdf_open_file($pdf, "somefile.pdf");

would check the current directory.
ie .. it will do these actions whereever documentroot happens to be.

now it does not do this anymore in Apache/2.0.42 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.42 OpenSSL/0.9.6b PHP/4.2.3 

in apache 2.0.42
getcwd() returns the current working directory <documentroot>

however if i do chdir (documentroot)
the first command 
if (file_exists("somefile.pdf")) unlink("somefile.pdf");
will work
but the 2nd
pdf_open_file($pdf, "somefile.pdf");
will not.

the workaround seems to be to work is to include the whole path
pdf_open_file($pdf, "$documentroot/somefile.pdf");

which appears to work .. is this a bug or a feature?

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 [2002-10-03 18:26 UTC] pkmail1 at genion dot de 
A smarter variant of the workaround is to use
file_exists(realpath('somefile.pdf'));
which works quite fine on Apache 2.0.40

Philipp
 [2002-10-03 18:39 UTC] scott at meikohou dot com 
on further examination it appears only 
pdf_open_file($pdf, "somefile.pdf"); 
does not work and must be substituted with
pdf_open_file($pdf, "$documentroot/somefile.pdf");

(or the smart example) 

i took the liberty of checking with pdf.c and it doesnt appear to be any different.
 [2002-10-03 19:35 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip
 [2002-10-07 10:44 UTC] brad at brad-x dot com 
CVS Snapshot had no impact.
 [2002-10-19 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over 2 weeks, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 [2002-10-21 09:26 UTC] scott at meikohou dot com 
Please check
 [2002-10-22 04:43 UTC] boos at atfreepage dot com 
Please check it urgently.
 [2002-10-27 22:12 UTC] sterling@php.net 
windows issue, not a php issue...
 
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