Description:
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Hi
I am using PHP 5.3.1.0 and Windows 7
Symlink doesn't work for me:

Warning: symlink() [function.symlink]: Could not fetch file 
information(error 3) in E:\htdocs\foo\bar\tree_copy.php on line 148

(5.3.0	 This function is now available on Windows platforms (Vista, 
Server 2008 or greater).)

What are the error codes?

Reproduce code:
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From manual page: function.symlink
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if (is_readable("../../foo/bar/1.jpg")) echo "readable";
symlink("../../foo/bar/2.jpg","../../foo/bar/1.jpg");

../../foo/bar/1.jpg is exists and the path is correct.

Expected result:
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readable
2.jpg what is symlink for 1.jpg.

Actual result:
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readable
Warning: symlink() [function.symlink]: Could not fetch file 
information(error 3) in E:\htdocs\foo\bar\tree_copy.php on line 148
and no 2.jpg

Sorry for the double post but one important thing is written wrong in my 
letter.(if (is_readable("../../foo/bar/2.jpg")) echo "readable";)
(/foo/bar/1.jpg is the correct and i use it in my code not 2.jpg)

Do you run it under an elevated user?

No,it's running with my account.No service.I can write that folder with php (file upload is working too there).

You have to be under an elevated user to create links (not a php restriction, but the underlying API/Function). You can try it using the console as well.

Soory I mistaken the eleveted word.
It's running with admin rights.(right click run as administrator.).
The problem is not solved.
I'll try to run as different user (Administrator) but I don't think that it will be good with that because this account is a member of administrators group.

Doh, I misread your code. Please read again the doc about symlink, the arguments in your code are in the wrong order (then the error is actually clear).

I logined into the administrator account.
Started apache+php.
But the problem is the same.

I opened a command prompt.
e:\foo\bar>mklink 5.jpg 1.jpg
then 5.jpg created and i can view with irfanview.
e:\anything\something>mklink "../../foo/bar/5.jpg" "../../foo/bar/1.jpg"
(without " it says invalad parameter: --)
then 6.jpg created and I cannot open it with irfanview and cannot see it's content(Total commander Lister(F3))
Interesting.

That was my first step to change the order.
Now I changed and still:
Warning: symlink() [function.symlink]: Could not fetch file information(error 3) in E:\\foo\bar\tree_copy.php on line 148

Here is the code what is executing:
symlink('../../images/cms/original/1.jpg','../../images/cms/original/12.jpg');

../images/cms/original/1.jpg is exists,but 12.jpg is not created.

Run the script in CLI as admnistrator please. But I'm 100% sure it works anyway, I just tested again on win7, 2008 and vista.

It's only works in this way:
chdir("../../images/cms/original");
symlink(getcwd()."\\".$file_id.".jpg",getcwd()."\\".$newfid.".jpg");
chdir("../../../foo/bar");
($file_id=1 $newfid=25, 1.jpg exitst,and in this way 25.jpg will esists and will be good to.)

And it works in this way:
chdir("../../images/cms/original");
symlink(getcwd()."\\".$file_id.".jpg",$newfid.".jpg");
chdir("../../../foo/bar");
(Here I understand that the second parameter i don't need path only the new filename?!)

And it doesn't work in this way(in the original way):
symlink("../../images/cms/original/".$fajl_id.".jpg","../../images/cms/original/$newfid.".jpg");
So i thought that it should be work in this way:
symlink("../../images/cms/original/".$fajl_id.".jpg", $newfid.".jpg");
But it doesn't work.I must chdir() to the directory and after chdir() back

Please try using this snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/

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