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Bug #42778 realpath() adds trailing slash
Submitted: 2007-09-27 13:49 UTC Modified: 2007-10-02 09:33 UTC
From: k dot bizuns at inbox dot lv Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
PHP Version: 5.2.4 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-09-27 13:49 UTC] k dot bizuns at inbox dot lv 
Description:
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<?php
	echo realpath( './' ) ;
?>

This code in PHP 5.2.4 gives an output with trailing slash (example: C:\www\)
PHP 5.2.3 not (example: C:\www).

Who is right? Tested on WinXP.

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 [2007-10-02 09:33 UTC] tony2001@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
 [2010-06-11 09:31 UTC] php dot net at digilog dot de 
Does it really make sense that this function behaves so inconsistently about its 
trailing slashes between Linux and Win?:

LINUX (tested with PHP 5.2.11):
---
realpath('.')
: string = "/myhttpdfolder" 
realpath('./')
: string = "/myhttpdfolder" 
realpath('fileadmin')
: string = "/myhttpdfolder/fileadmin" 
realpath('fileadmin/')
: string = "/myhttpdfolder/fileadmin" 

WINDOWS (tested with PHP 5.2.5):
---
realpath('.')
: string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder" 
realpath('./')
: string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\" 
realpath('fileadmin')
: string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\fileadmin" 
realpath('fileadmin/')
: string = "C:\\myhttpdfolder\\fileadmin\\"
 [2011-04-01 09:48 UTC] dennis dot claassens at gmail dot com 
The fact that this function does not have a consistent result means that we will have to rewrite it (in php). Wouldn't it be a lot better to make sure the behaviour of the function (yes or no trailing slash) is a fact instead of an unknown?
 
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