DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR / Different Behavior under Windows

[mcsaygili]

DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR / Different Behavior under Windows
Hi, I just want to report bug (as i think)
My Enviroment

• Apache 2.4.38
• Php 7.2.15
• Windows 10
• Using WAMP 3.1.7
• Codeigniter 4 Alpha 5

Under this code block,
dev10-net\system\Autoloader\FileLocator.php
function : getNamespaces and locateFile

after while statement, var_dump result is;

C:\99.mcs\dev10-net\system\Autoloader\FileLocator.php:128: array (size=3) 0 => string 'C:\99.mcs\dev10-net\ThirdParty/Site/\' (length=37) 1 => string 'Site' (length=4) 2 => string 'Views/theme/2018/common/headerView.php' (length=38)

if you check array 0, you will see second slash.
when i change DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR to "/" under getNamespaces my problem solved.

Is it bug or i made mistake ? I'm not sure. :)
Thanks.

[jim-parry]

Where does "ThirdParty/Site/" co,]me from? The file locator is looking for namespaced classes, which use backslashes, though the file system might use a different separator.

[byazrail]

Only modules problem;

[lonnieezell]

Can you provide example code from where you are calling it that it creates that error?

[byazrail]

@lonnieezell used code;

This mistake only windows problem.

[puschie286]

can confirm this problem on strato hosting:
fail: is_file( APPPATH.'Views\\Content\\'.$Cat.'.php' )
success: is_file( APPPATH.'Views/Content/'.$Cat.'.php' )

all my test systems run windows 10 with apache and none of them have this problem - only one client installation has this problem ( strato hosting )

[atishhamte]

for the web or cli environment, PHP accepts both \ and / as valid path separators in all OS. So just use / in your code.

When you're on a windows box and there is a need to provide a fully qualified windows/DOS path, there you can use the "\\" instead of '/'.

So, in a general way, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR works very well the way it is intended.

Follow the link below for reference.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6619020/how-can-i-define-the-directory-separator-for-both-windows-and-linux-platforms

[lonnieezell]

Yes, it is recommended in PHP 99% of the time to just use a forward slash as a directory separator. PHP standardizes that and knows how to interpret on the filesystem.