Why getcwd() returs different results?

[Raymond Irving]

Hello,

The getcwd() method returns a different path when called from inside a shutdown function under Apache. On windows IIS it works just fine.

Can't this be fixed so that the path returned is consistent across servers?

It would appear that PHP should set the CWD path before calling the shut down functions

__
Raymond Irving

[Ashley Sheridan-3]

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 17:36 -0800, Raymond Irving wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The getcwd() method returns a different path when called from inside a shutdown function under Apache. On windows IIS it works just fine.
>
> Can't this be fixed so that the path returned is consistent across servers?
>
> It would appear that PHP should set the CWD path before calling the shut down functions
>
> __
> Raymond Irving

What shutdown functions are you meaning? Do you have an example which
shows the problem?

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

[Raymond Irving]

Here's an example from the PHP website:

This demonstrates the behaviour:

<?php
function echocwd() { echo 'cwd: ', getcwd(), "\n"; }
echocwd();
register_shutdown_function('echocwd');
?>

Outputs:

cwd: /path/to/my/site/docroot/test
cwd: /


http://php.net/manual/en/function.register-shutdown-function.php

It's a known problem but I can't see why this can't be fixed




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From: Ashley Sheridan <ash@...>
To: Raymond Irving <xwisdom@...>
Cc: PHP-General List <php-general@...>
Sent: Thu, November 5, 2009 6:09:19 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Why getcwd() returs different results?

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 17:36 -0800, Raymond Irving wrote:
Hello,

>
>The getcwd() method returns a different path when called from inside a shutdown function under Apache. On windows IIS it works just fine.
>
>Can't this be fixed so that the path returned is consistent across servers?
>
>It would appear that PHP should set the CWD path before calling the shut down functions
>
>__
>Raymond Irving
>

What shutdown functions are you meaning? Do you have an example which shows the problem?


Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk