Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60940&edit=1
ID: 60940 Comment by: php-dev at zerocue dot com Reported by: aheadley at nexcess dot net Summary: SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget fails Status: Open Type: Bug Package: SPL related Operating System: Fedora 16 PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2012-01-31 (snap) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Confirmed works in 5.4RC7 and trunk as well. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-31 21:57:58] aheadley at nexcess dot net It also appears to be working in 5.4.0RC6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-31 21:38:42] aheadley at nexcess dot net Description: ------------ SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget (http://www.php.net/manual/en/splfileinfo.getlinktarget.php) does not seem to work at all. It fails with a "Unable to read link <symlink name>, error: Invalid argument" message. Reproduced on 5.3.8 and 5.3.10-dev snapshot (201201312030) but works on 5.2.17. This similar but not quite the same as #51804 (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51804) Test script: --------------- touch('testfile'); symlink('testfile', 'testlink'); $f = new SplFileInfo( 'testlink' ); printf( 'readlink: %s'.PHP_EOL, readlink( $f->getPathname() ) ); printf( 'SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget: %s'.PHP_EOL, $f->getLinkTarget() ); Expected result: ---------------- readlink: testfile SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget: testfile Actual result: -------------- readlink: testfile Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'Unable to read link testlink, error: Invalid argument' in /home/aheadley/Desktop/testing/test.php:6 Stack trace: #0 /home/aheadley/Desktop/testing/test.php(6): SplFileInfo->getLinkTarget() #1 {main} thrown in /home/aheadley/Desktop/testing/test.php on line 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60940&edit=1
