[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37220: Improvement symlinks on wp-config.php

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#37220: Improvement symlinks on wp-config.php
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 Reporter:  grazianognoll   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bootstrap/Load  |     Version:  4.5.3
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Description changed by ocean90:

Old description:

> Hello,
> i noticed working on a wordpress website that if the website is in a
> directory (es. /var/www/releases/3/) and the web root is pointing through
> a symbolic link ( so. /var/www/current/ pointing to /var/www/releases/3/
> ) the function in the wordpress config is not retrieving the right
> directory:
>
> if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
>         define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
>
> I solved manually defining ABSPATH to the right directory, but i think it
> would be better to fix if maybe checking if the directory is a symlink.
>
> The problem is that from php5 __FILE__ is reporting the absolute path, so
> it may be better to use $_SERVER['PWD'] to retrieve the path:
> <?php echo $_SERVER['PWD'] ."\n"; ?>
> would be
> /var/www/current
>
> Thanks,
> Emanuele.

New description:

 Hello,
 i noticed working on a wordpress website that if the website is in a
 directory (es. `/var/www/releases/3/`) and the web root is pointing
 through a symbolic link ( so. `/var/www/current/` pointing to
 `/var/www/releases/3/` ) the function in the wordpress config is not
 retrieving the right directory:


 {{{
 if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
         define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
 }}}


 I solved manually defining `ABSPATH` to the right directory, but i think
 it would be better to fix if maybe checking if the directory is a symlink.

 The problem is that from php5 `__FILE__` is reporting the absolute path,
 so it may be better to use `$_SERVER['PWD']` to retrieve the path:
 `<?php echo $_SERVER['PWD'] ."\n"; ?>`
 would be
 `/var/www/current`

 Thanks,
 Emanuele.

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