Fix #78400: Sym-linked files are not accessible

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@350194 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1

features/commandline.xml

@@ -1770,6 +1770,10 @@ Press Ctrl-C to quit.
 [Thu Jul 21 10:48:52 2011] ::1:39149 GET /favicon.ico - Request read
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    </screen>
+   <para>
+    Note that prior to PHP 7.4.0, symlinked statical resources have not been
+    accessible on Windows, unless the router script would handle these.
+   </para>
   </example>
 
   <example>

reference/filesystem/functions/stat.xml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
    Gathers the statistics of the file named by
    <parameter>filename</parameter>.  If <parameter>filename</parameter> is a
    symbolic link, statistics are from the file itself, not the symlink.
+   Prior to PHP 7.4.0, on Windows <abbrev>NTS</abbrev> builds the <literal>size</literal>,
+   <literal>atime</literal>, <literal>mtime</literal> and <literal>ctime</literal>
+   statistics have been from the symlink, in this case.
   </para>
   <para>
    <function>lstat</function> is identical to <function>stat</function>
@@ -214,6 +217,14 @@
        contains the file, and the inode number is the identifier associated with the file.
       </entry>
      </row>
+     <row>
+      <entry>7.4.0</entry>
+      <entry>
+       The <literal>size</literal>, <literal>atime</literal>, <literal>mtime</literal> and
+       <literal>ctime</literal> statistics of symlinks are always those of the target.
+       This was previously not the case for <abbrev>NTS</abbrev> builds on Windows.
+      </entry>
+     </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>