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Bug #68067 DirectoryIterator magically adds .. to path
Submitted: 2014-09-21 11:54 UTC Modified: 2020-12-27 04:22 UTC
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From: sjorsvanleeuwen at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: SPL related
PHP Version: 5.5.17 OS: Ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-09-21 11:54 UTC] sjorsvanleeuwen at gmail dot com
Description:
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WHen i want to iterate a specific folder in my project it ends up using the parent directory.

This happens only on the path used in the test script. Other paths are fine.




Test script:
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/**
* Document root in my case is /home/www/dev/my_project/public
*/ 

$system = new \DirectoryIterator($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] .  "/../system");
echo $system->getRealPath();
echo $system->getPath();


Expected result:
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Expected result would be with the given case:
Realpath: /home/www/dev/my_project/system
Path: /home/www/dev/my_project/public/../system

Actual result:
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Actual result with the given case:
Realpath: /home/www/dev/my_project
Path: /home/www/dev/my_project/public/../system/..

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 [2018-03-29 23:22 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Directory function related +Package: SPL related
 [2020-12-14 12:06 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-12-14 12:06 UTC] cmb@php.net
Does this still happen to you with any of the actively supported
PHP versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2020-12-27 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net
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