On Windows, can you use UNC like paths to files in PHP, for functions like file_get_contents(), etc?

Question

(Assuming the network folders/permissions are correctly set up and working in Windows, and a 'default' PHP setup...)

Is it possible to use UNC network paths [like \\ServerName\Folder\file.txt] in PHP's functions like file_get_contents(), fopen(), etc?

And/or, what special cases allow/disallow this?

Answer 1

UNC paths should "WORK" if permissions are set properly. And the network folders are allowed to be accessed by apache user, then there won't be any problem.

In these scenarios open_basedir creates problems, just keep an eye on that