[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug #6158: index.php assumes current working directory to be PATH_site

[Oliver Hader]

FYI: This issue is dropped since it was a work-around for a PHP
misbehaviour.

olly


Oliver Hader schrieb:
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Problem:
> On linked sources the current working directory is set to the linked
> source and not to the originally called one (as provided in PATH_site).
> Thus, releative file calls (e.g. loading a HTML template file) will not
> work anymore ("crashes") and a blank page is shown.
> This only happens when the following conditions are met:
> * PHP 5.2.4-xxx (fixed in PHP 5.2.5)
> * running in CGI mode (e.g. fcgid)
> * PHP settings cgi.fix_pathinfo enabled
> * linked source
> 
> Solution:
> Check for the conditions above in t3lib/config_default.php and execute a
> chdir(PATH_site) to get relative file operations working again.
> 
> Comments:
> This issue is marked as fixed in PHP 5.2.5 but however some
> distributions still deliver this bug (e.g. I got this on latest
> Debian/testing 5.2.4-2+b1).
> 
> Bugtracker references:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=6158
> 
> Branch: TYPO3_4-1 & Trunk
> 
> 
> olly
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Oliver Hader
TYPO3 Release Manager 4.3