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Request #60017 __FILE__ case inconsistency on Mac / MAMP
Submitted: 2011-10-08 21:51 UTC Modified: 2021-08-01 04:22 UTC
Votes:7
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 1.4
Reproduced:5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (40.0%)
Same OS:4 (80.0%)
From: ykessler at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Mac OSX
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-10-08 21:51 UTC] ykessler at gmail dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.constants.predefined
---

__FILE__ and __DIR__, return lower case paths when in the calling file, and mixed 
case paths in an included file, when run on MAMP.

Test script:
---------------
//The following will show all lower case paths when in the calling file, 
//and mixed case paths in an included file, when run on MAMP.

echo "<br/>__FILE__ = ".__FILE__;
echo "<br/>__DIR__ = ".__DIR__;

// include another file with the same code ...

Actual result:
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__FILE__ = /users/me/stuff/mamp_server/my_site/myfile.php
__DIR__ = /users/me/stuff/mamp_server/my_site

__FILE__ = /Users/me/Stuff/mamp_server/my_site/myfile.php
__DIR__ = /Users/me/Stuff/mamp_server/my_site

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 [2011-10-08 23:39 UTC] karcieri at gmail dot com 
Environment:
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Zend Server version: 5.1.0

Test script:
---------------
Same as bug report

Actual result:
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__FILE__ = /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs/Test
__DIR__ = /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs/Test

__FILE__ = /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs/Test
__DIR__ = /usr/local/zend/apache2/htdocs/Test

Is it possible that this bug is only related to the Users directory?
 [2011-10-16 13:30 UTC] ykessler at gmail dot com 
Here is another test run outside the Users directory, in the standard MAMP 
install under Applications/MAMP/htdocs:

a.php:

<?php
echo "<br/>__FILE__ = ".__FILE__;
echo "<br/>__DIR__ = ".__DIR__;
include("a_inc.php");
?>

a_inc.php:

<?php
echo "<br/>__FILE__ = ".__FILE__;
echo "<br/>__DIR__ = ".__DIR__;
?>

http://localhost/tests/a.php =

__FILE__ = /applications/mamp/htdocs/tests/a.php
__DIR__ = /applications/mamp/htdocs/tests
__FILE__ = /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/tests/a_inc.php
__DIR__ = /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/tests


Zend Engine v2.3.0
OSX 10.6.8
Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) PHP/5.3.2 DAV/2
 [2011-11-05 01:10 UTC] pjb109 at hotmail dot com 
Trying to write to a php file but not possible on MAMP. 

Instead tried to echo the line '<?php $var = "abc"; ?>'  and this is also not possible?? Any ideas.
 [2012-01-23 22:30 UTC] gmblar+php at gmail dot com 
This happens because the default filesystem (hfs+) is case insensitive.

a.php

<?php

include strtolower(realpath('b.php'));
include strtoupper(realpath('b.php'));


b.php

<?php

var_dump(__FILE__);


Output:
string(23) "/users/blar/sites/b.php"
string(23) "/USERS/BLAR/SITES/B.PHP"
 [2021-07-20 11:10 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-07-20 11:10 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Is this still an issue with any of the actively supported PHP
versions[1]?  However, even if so, I wouldn't classify this as
bug, since on case-insensitive filesystem, case doesn't really
matter.  Still, it would be nice to handle that like on Windows.

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2021-08-01 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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