#39281 [NEW]: glob() returns false

[johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se]

From: johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se
Operating system: windows xp, apache
PHP version: 5.1.6
PHP Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Bug description: glob() returns false

Description:
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The glob function returns false when globing directories which have files
containing () in the name.

Reproduce code:
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$data = glob("c:/mywwwroot/data/*");
var_dump($data);

Expected result:
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array(1) { [0]=> string(39) "c:/mywwwroot/data/myfile(olof)data.txt" }

Actual result:
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bool (false)

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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 39281
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Operating System: windows xp, apache
PHP Version: 5.1.6
New Comment:

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

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For Windows:

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Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-27 16:00:16] johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se

Description:
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The glob function returns false when globing directories which have
files containing () in the name.

Reproduce code:
---------------
$data = glob("c:/mywwwroot/data/*");
var_dump($data);

Expected result:
----------------
array(1) { [0]=> string(39) "c:/mywwwroot/data/myfile(olof)data.txt" }

Actual result:
--------------
bool (false)


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[johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se]

ID: 39281
User updated by: johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se
Reported By: johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Operating System: windows xp, apache
PHP Version: 5.1.6
New Comment:

It works with the snapshot.
Thank you.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-27 21:50:15] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



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[2006-10-27 16:00:16] johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se

Description:
------------
The glob function returns false when globing directories which have
files containing () in the name.

Reproduce code:
---------------
$data = glob("c:/mywwwroot/data/*");
var_dump($data);

Expected result:
----------------
array(1) { [0]=> string(39) "c:/mywwwroot/data/myfile(olof)data.txt" }

Actual result:
--------------
bool (false)


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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 39281
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se
-Status: Open
+Status: Closed
Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Operating System: windows xp, apache
PHP Version: 5.1.6


Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-30 21:30:05] johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se

It works with the snapshot.
Thank you.

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[2006-10-27 21:50:15] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



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[2006-10-27 16:00:16] johan dot ekman1 at comhem dot se

Description:
------------
The glob function returns false when globing directories which have
files containing () in the name.

Reproduce code:
---------------
$data = glob("c:/mywwwroot/data/*");
var_dump($data);

Expected result:
----------------
array(1) { [0]=> string(39) "c:/mywwwroot/data/myfile(olof)data.txt" }

Actual result:
--------------
bool (false)


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