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Bug #30210 Destructor resetting working-directory
Submitted: 2004-09-23 16:31 UTC Modified: 2004-09-23 20:27 UTC
From: m dot leuffen at i-line dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Directory function related
PHP Version: 5.0.1 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-09-23 16:31 UTC] m dot leuffen at i-line dot net 
Description:
------------
Hi.

In __destruct() function the working-directory is default set to root ('/').

Bye,
  Matthias



Reproduce code:
---------------
class Test {
  public function __construct() {
    echo "Constructor: ".getcwd();
  }
  public function __destruct() {
    echo "\nDestructor: ".getcwd();
  }
}
$obj = new Test();


Expected result:
----------------
Constructor: /home/xyz/dir
Destructor: /home/xyz/dir

Actual result:
--------------
Constructor: /home/xyz/dir
Destructor: /

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 [2004-09-23 20:27 UTC] helly@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

The destructor is called during shutdown. If you require certain behavior the unset() your object before the script terminates.
 [2011-05-24 13:31 UTC] pinaki17 at gmail dot com 
I know this is a old thread but the issue still exists. How can this possibly be not a bug? The current working directory is where all the include file dependencies are related to. How would you justify resetting it? Also what logic goes behind it? As i understand, i can set the working directory again in the destructor and write the code and all these objects will be gc'ed once the page dies, so why have the reset happen before the destructor?
 [2011-05-25 13:10 UTC] olafurw at gmail dot com 
This has been fixed in newer versions of PHP. Works in 5.2.6 and 5.3.5 at least.
 
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