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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Filesystem path APIs
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On Dec 8, 2023, at 09:13, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> if any of them could be a easy win, relative path resolver without =
checking
> its existence would be one. It is available internally but the =
existence
> check option is not exposed.

Are you thinking of realpath()? That also expands symbolic links, which =
wouldn't be desirable for abstract path manipulation.=