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Request #51804 SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() Fails.
Submitted: 2010-05-13 03:36 UTC Modified: 2010-09-10 16:18 UTC
From: v-sumada at microsoft dot com Assigned: pajoye (profile)
Status: Closed Package: SPL related
PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2010-05-13 (SVN) OS: All Windows OS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2010-05-13 03:36 UTC] v-sumada at microsoft dot com
Description:
------------
SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() fails .we have a filesymlink created  for a file (filesymbolic.txt)  and tried to read the target of the filesymlink created and it returns an error .This happens for Directory also.

When this Function used on accessing symlinks over remote share  it returns an error with 'Bad File Descriptor'.

Test script:
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<?php
$filename = dirname(__FILE__)."\\filesymlink";
var_dump(file_exists($filename));
$filesyminfo =  new SplFileInfo($filename);
var_dump($filesyminfo->getLinkTarget());
?>

Expected result:
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bool(true)
string(16) filesymbolic.txt

Actual result:
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bool(true)
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'Unable to read link C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\symlinktodir, error: No such file or directory' in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php:5 Stack trace: #0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php(5): SplFileInfo->getLinkTarget() #1 {main} thrown in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php on line 5



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add_php_sys_readlink (last revision 2010-09-06 15:14 UTC by pajoye@php.net)

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 [2010-08-07 01:56 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: pajoye
 [2010-08-07 01:56 UTC] johannes@php.net
Pierre, I think you played with symlinks before, can you add the magic needed, here?
 [2010-09-06 17:14 UTC] pajoye@php.net
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: add_php_sys_readlink
Revision:   1283786074
URL:        http://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=51804&patch=add_php_sys_readlink&revision=1283786074
 [2010-09-10 16:17 UTC] pajoye@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of pajoye
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=303258
Log: - Implement bug #51804, splFileInfo::getLinkTarget() on Windows
 [2010-09-10 16:18 UTC] pajoye@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed -Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2010-09-10 16:18 UTC] pajoye@php.net
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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