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Request #51804 SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() Fails.
Submitted: 2010-05-13 03:36 UTC Modified: 2010-09-10 16:18 UTC
From: v-sumada at microsoft dot com Assigned: pajoye (profile)
Status: Closed Package: SPL related
PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2010-05-13 (SVN) OS: All Windows OS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2010-05-13 03:36 UTC] v-sumada at microsoft dot com
Description:
------------
SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() fails .we have a filesymlink created  for a file (filesymbolic.txt)  and tried to read the target of the filesymlink created and it returns an error .This happens for Directory also.

When this Function used on accessing symlinks over remote share  it returns an error with 'Bad File Descriptor'.

Test script:
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<?php
$filename = dirname(__FILE__)."\\filesymlink";
var_dump(file_exists($filename));
$filesyminfo =  new SplFileInfo($filename);
var_dump($filesyminfo->getLinkTarget());
?>

Expected result:
----------------
bool(true)
string(16) filesymbolic.txt

Actual result:
--------------
bool(true)
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'Unable to read link C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\symlinktodir, error: No such file or directory' in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php:5 Stack trace: #0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php(5): SplFileInfo->getLinkTarget() #1 {main} thrown in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\getLinkTarget.php on line 5



Patches

add_php_sys_readlink (last revision 2010-09-06 15:14 UTC by [email protected])

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 [2010-08-07 01:56 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Assigned To: +Assigned To: pajoye
 [2010-08-07 01:56 UTC] [email protected]
Pierre, I think you played with symlinks before, can you add the magic needed, here?
 [2010-09-06 17:14 UTC] [email protected]
The following patch has been added/updated:

Patch Name: add_php_sys_readlink
Revision:   1283786074
URL:        http://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=51804&patch=add_php_sys_readlink&revision=1283786074
 [2010-09-10 16:17 UTC] [email protected]
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of pajoye
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=303258
Log: - Implement bug #51804, splFileInfo::getLinkTarget() on Windows
 [2010-09-10 16:18 UTC] [email protected]
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed -Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2010-09-10 16:18 UTC] [email protected]
This bug has been fixed in SVN.

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