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Bug #44870 rename() on directory deletes same named file
Submitted: 2008-04-30 14:09 UTC Modified: 2008-05-02 14:18 UTC
From: ant@php.net Assigned: pajoye (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Streams related
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-04-30 (snap) OS: Windows/XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-04-30 14:09 UTC] ant@php.net 
Description:
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Calling rename() on a directory where there is already a file with the new name does something odd, it renames the directory but also deletes the file.

If this is in fact a bug then the test case rename_variation3.phpt will need to be fixed up.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

$file_path = dirname(__FILE__);
$filename = "$file_path/rename_variation3.tmp"; 
$dirname = "$file_path/rename_variation3_dir"; 

mkdir($dirname);

$fp = fopen($filename, "w");
fclose($fp);
var_dump( rename($dirname, $filename) );

echo "Done\n";
?>


Expected result:
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A directory called rename_variation3.tmp and also a file called rename_variation3.tmp

Actual result:
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A directory called rename_variation3.tmp and no file..!

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 [2008-04-30 14:17 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
"Calling rename() on a directory where there is already a file with the
new name does something odd, it renames the directory but also deletes
the file."

Can you test it with 5.2.x please?

I know that rename on windows will not rename a file when a directory already exists with the same (new) name. I'm not sure about renaming a directory.

But the general idea is to replace a file if it is named using the new name (all platforms).
 [2008-04-30 14:40 UTC] derick@php.net 
On Unix:
Renaming a file to a file that already exists overwrites it.
Renaming a file to a directory that already exists does not write, and throws an error.

Windows should obviously behave the same.
 [2008-05-02 14:08 UTC] derick@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.
 [2008-05-02 14:09 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
The patch to fix this special case:

http://blog.thepimp.net/patches/bug44870.patch.txt
 [2008-05-02 14:18 UTC] derick@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.
 
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