phpnetwork-programmingpathdir

php access network path under windows

within PHP (XAMPP) installed on a Windows XP Computer Im trying to read a dir which exists on a local network server. Im using is_dir() to check whether it is a dir that I can read.

In Windows Explorer I type \\\server\dir and that dir is being shown. When I map a network drive a can access it with z:\dir as well.

In PHP I have that script:

<?php if( is_dir($dir){ echo 'success' } ) ?>

For $dir I tried:

and

But I never get success? Any idea? thx

Solution

  • I solved it by changing some stuff in the registry of the server as explained in the last answer of this discussion:

    http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25805

    Thanks to VolkerK and Gumbo anyway! I love stackoverflow and their great people who help you so incredibly fast!!

    EDIT (taken from php.net):

    The service has limited access to network resources, such as shares and pipes, because it has no credentials and must connect using a null session. The following registry key contains the NullSessionPipes and NullSessionShares values, which are used to specify the pipes and shares to which null sessions may connect: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters Alternatively, you could add the REG_DWORD value RestrictNullSessAccess to the key and set it to 0 to allow all null sessions to access all pipes and shares created on that machine.`

    add RestrictNullSessAccess=0 to your registery.