Curt Zirzow wrote: > A simple workaround is testing OS: > > if (windows) > // use realpath method > } else { > $absolute = $path{0} == '/'; > }
I don't know what the "realpath" method is since every one I've been given that involves realpath so far doesn't work. But here's what I'm doing now: function is_absolute($path) { $regex = (PHP_OS == 'WINNT' || PHP_OS == 'WIN32') ? "/^([a-z][A-Z]:)?[\/\\]/" : "/^\//"; return (boolean) preg_match($regex, $path); } Does that look safe enough? It works for Linux but since I have no Windows environments to test on I have no idea if it works properly on Windows. TX -- 'Every sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' - Arthur C Clarke 'Every sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology' - Tom Graves Email: Trejkaz Xaoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: http://xaoza.net/trejkaz/ Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Fingerprint: 9EEB 97D7 8F7B 7977 F39F A62C B8C7 BC8B 037E EA73 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php