PHP Paths on Windows Servers

[GuruPHP]

Hi,

I'm making a PHP application. I want it to work on both Linux and Windows servers. I'm familiar with Linux servers, and I have some code like this:

if (!file_exists($userFolder . "/" . $folderName)) {
} 

Notice how I used a forward slash ("/"). As I'm aware, Windows filepaths use the backslash ("\") instead.

I tested filepaths with the forward slash on my Windows XP and I can still access folders with forward slashes (on my PC, NOT a server). So will it work on a server?

However, I'm wondering if my code will work in the following settings:

Windows/IIS
Windows/Apache

Will it work on legacy Windows server platforms?

Or should I re-write the code to account for Windows server platforms?

Thanks.

[crmalibu]

windows will work with either, although php does provide the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant if you want. This is nice if you want to do some of your own file path manipulation using explode and such.

[GuruPHP]

Ah, that's what I'm looking for. Thanks.

[logic_earth]

When I ever work with paths, I always run the path though a normalizer. For example:

$path = preg_replace( '~[\\\\/]+~', '/', realpath( $path ) . '/' );
if ( !$path || !file_exists( $path ) )
    // error... 

To determine weather your PHP applications works on IIS/Apache, Windows/Linux you need to actually test.

[sk89q]

The Windows API takes in slashes of both sort (though not all Windows programs do), and it does not matter what web server you use.