I forgot to tell anything about my config:

PHP 5.0.3RC-dev, Apache2, php loaded as module, binaries from snaps.php.net, running on Windows NT4 Server EN

did u run this script on [WinNT4 + PHP4]?

Of course, it works fine with Apache2+PHP4.3.6 on the same system...

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip

I am not using NT4 anywhere, but will try to set up a virtual machine in VMware to test it.

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I've just tried the latest build 5.1.0-dev downloaded this afternoon, on an NT4 system, under IIS 4.0, and the bug is still present.

This code
<?php $dir = getcwd();
         echo "CWD: $dir <Br/> Change dir up one level <Br/>";
         chdir ("../");
         $dir = getcwd();
         echo "CWD: $dir ";
    ?>

gave this output

CWD: E:\IIS_40\wwwroot\Test1\level2\level3\level4 
Change dir up one level 
CWD: E:\IIS_40

Is there a chance to fix this bug in near future?

I have tried installations from scratch, using all possible combinations of all of the following:

- PHP 5.1.6 (latest release)
- PHP 5.2.x-dev (latest snapshot)

- Apache 2.2.3 (latest release)
- Apache 2.0.59 (last stable 2.0 release)
- Apache 2.0.55

That is, I've tried both versions of PHP under all three different Apaches. On all six combinations, I've tried configuring Apache to use both "php-cgi.exe", as well as the modules ("php5apache2.dll" and "php5apache2_2.dll", respetively).

The test-script I've been using is as follows:

echo getcwd() . "<br />";
chdir("test");
echo getcwd() . "<br />";
chdir("..");
echo getcwd() . "<br />";
chdir("..");
echo getcwd();

I've created the folder "test" next to the "test.php" script. In all setups, I get the following output:

C:\Web
C:\Web\test
C:\Programmer\Apache Group
C:\Programmer\Apache Group

I have configured "php.ini" and "httpd.conf" manually every time, on two occassions using a configuration file written by a friend. All with the same result.

I have even tried downloading "WAMPServer" and one or two other out-of-the-box WAMP distributions, all with the same result - they don't work.

I'm at my wits end - PHP5 under Apache2 simply does not seem to be an option for Windows users at this point...

Forgot to mention, I'm using Windows XP SP2. So it is, apparently, not specific to Windows NT.

Final note, I have just switched to an old Apache release, version 1.3.37, and this works without problems, using latest PHP release, version 5.1.6.

I configured it to run with the "php5apache.dll" module, not the CGI.

The problem seems to occur only with "php5apache2.dll" and "php5apache2_2.dll" under Apache 2.0.x and 2.2.x, respectively. I suppose this might be a bug in Apache, rather than in PHP?