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Bug #41262 Get wrong dirname with pathinfo under Windows
Submitted: 2007-05-02 19:34 UTC Modified: 2007-05-03 06:38 UTC
From: tim at gerundt dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 5.2.1 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-05-02 19:34 UTC] tim at gerundt dot de 
Description:
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If I try to get the "dirname" from the pathinfo() function under Windows with a path like "/index.php", I get "\" instead of "/" as dirname value. Under Linux I get the desired value ("/").

I tested it with PHP 5.2.1 (Apache 2.2.4, Windows XP) and PHP 4.4.6 (Apache 2.0.54, Windows 2000).

Greetings,
Tim Gerundt

Reproduce code:
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<?php
  $pathinfo = pathinfo('/index.php');
  print_r($pathinfo);
?>

Expected result:
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Array
(
    [dirname] => /
    [basename] => index.php
    [extension] => php
)

Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [dirname] => \
    [basename] => index.php
    [extension] => php
)

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 [2007-05-02 20:54 UTC] edink@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
 [2007-05-02 22:18 UTC] tim at gerundt dot de 
And why is this not a bug? The dirname from (the string) "/index.php" is "/" regardless of I call the function under Windows or Linux. If I use a path string with a sub directory (like "/test/index.php") even Windows returns the correct dirname ("/test"). The problem exist only on Windows when a (unix/web) path includes no sub directories.
 [2007-05-02 23:06 UTC] scottmac@php.net 
It uses the DEFAULT_SLASH constant which on Windows is \\
 [2007-05-03 06:38 UTC] tim at gerundt dot de 
> It uses the DEFAULT_SLASH constant which on Windows is \\

Thanks for the hint!

In my eyes it is still a bug, but I know now that is not a bug for you...
 
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