id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
20849,'ABSPATH' Invalid with Windows Servers,admintiger,,"The following code defines 'ABSPATH' with mixed backward and forward slashes (like this: 'C:\public\www.example.com/') six places within WordPress when run on a Windows server:

`define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');`

Additional path strings with forward slashes are subsequently concatenated many places in the core, in plugins, and sometimes in themes, resulting in many invalid filepaths similar to the following example:

C:\public\www.example.com/wp-includes/shortcodes.php

Mixed slashes like that cause a variety of malfunctions generally when WordPress is used on Windows servers, but especially when minifying and/or caching plugins are used.

I suggest changing:

`define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');`

to:

`define('ABSPATH', str_replace(chr(92), '/', dirname(__FILE__)) . '/');`

in each of the following places to correct those problems:

\wp-config-sample.php -> Line 87

\wp-load.php -> Line 22

\wp-admin\load-scripts.php -> Line 11

\wp-admin\load-styles.php -> Line 11

\wp-admin\setup-config.php -> Line 39

\wp-admin\gears-manifest.php -> Line 17",defect (bug),closed,normal,,Filesystem,3.4,normal,invalid,,knut@…