IIS bug. "Directory path '/' is invalid"

[Guanche]

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Hi, an error happens when using the plugin with IIS. After a correct instalation this message appears everytime: "Directory path '/' is invalid".

The problem is into ItemModel.php, at connectors\php\vendor\servocoder\richfilemanager-php\src\Repository\Local, at this lines:

$realPathItem = realpath($this->pathAbsolute);
$realPathRoot = realpath($this->storage->getRoot());
array_unshift($allowedPaths, $realPathRoot);

// clean up paths for more accurate comparison
$allowedPaths = array_map([$this->storage, 'cleanPath'], $allowedPaths);
$match = starts_with($realPathItem, $allowedPaths);

if (!$match) {
        Log::info('Item path validation FAILED');            
        Log::info('Absolute path "' . $this->pathAbsolute . '"');            
        Log::info('Real path: "' . $realPathItem . '"');            
        Log::info('Tested paths: "' . json_encode($allowedPaths) . '"');
}
return $match;

What I did to solve it was replacing this lines:

/*
$realPathItem = realpath($this->pathAbsolute);
$realPathRoot = realpath($this->storage->getRoot());
*/

$realPathItem = $this->pathAbsolute;        
$realPathRoot = $this->storage->getRoot();

realpath function returns the path in windows format, using \ as separator. While method cleanPath turns \ into /. And then they don't match.

Now it seems that works fine. I've not had any problems till now.

Greetings from the Canary Islands.

[psolom]

I'm glad you solved your issue, but realpath is important security check. Using it we can make sure that there are no symlinks linked to restricted locations outside userfiles folder. So I strongly don't recommend you to avoid it.

What if you rewrite it in the following way:

$match = starts_with($this->storage->cleanPath($realPathItem), $allowedPaths);

This is appropriate solution that I can include in the next release.

I believe this should work for you. Let me know if so.

[Guanche]

Thanks. As you say it works ok.

[psolom]

Fixed. Will be included in the next release.