Then why was the function adding JPATH_ROOT to the beginning of the path? It's because the authors of the function realized that a leading "/" might be passed. That's good, that's defensive programming. It points out the fact that is_dir() and is_file() have a new behavior with a new version of PHP, and this was not something the original authors knew about.

What we have here is the admin UI of Virtuemart spitting out a warning. Isn't it bad coding in Joomla that Joomla isn't giving an understandable error – i.e. rejecting the input with an understandable error message – instead of relying on a PHP function to spit out a cryptic warning?

I'm concerned that there are many instances of is_dir() and is_file() being used in the Joomla core, and this issue may pop up again and again, resulting in Joomla spitting out this PHP warning in lots of extensions. Wouldn't it be prudent to examine all the code and make appropriate modifications?

And what about my treatment in #37241? I was not treated very well. Do you want people to report bugs? I mean I was honestly reporting what I thought was something Joomla should not be doing, and I was treated very poorly.

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And what about my treatment in #37241? I was not treated very well. Do you want people to report bugs? I mean I was honestly reporting what I thought was something Joomla should not be doing, and I was treated very poorly.

@durian808 As I have already explained in your previous issue, it was you who first started to treat people poorly by becoming unfriendly.

You had your chance to think about your behaviour.