0005137: Problems wth dirname( __FILE__) instructions and symlinks

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0005137	mantisbt	installation	public	2005-01-17 05:55	2013-02-10 13:32

Reporter	tk	Assigned To	dregad
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	0.19.2

Summary	0005137: Problems wth dirname( FILE) instructions and symlinks
Description	In some parts of the mantis code "dirname( FILE)" instructions are used to determine the location of the present code in the file system. The directory of the current file is then used as basis of further include statements. This method fails in my context which heavily rely on symlinks, as the "dirname" instruction of my PHP 5.0.2 converts logical paths into absolute paths. This leads to "file not found" errors, as in the absolute path the installation indeed cannot be found.
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grangeway 2005-02-01 18:05 reporter ~0009167	I wonder if calls to dirname should be replaced by calls to realpath.

dregad 2013-01-29 03:37 developer ~0034943	This is no longer applicable with recent versions of Mantis, because Since PHP 4.0.2, FILE* always contains an absolute path with symlinks resolved* [1] and we require PHP >= 5.1 [1] http://php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php