Bug: app can't running when created in a path directory with '@' character

[ngekoding]

PHP Version

7.4

CodeIgniter4 Version

4.2.1

CodeIgniter4 Installation Method

Composer (using codeigniter4/appstarter)

Which operating systems have you tested for this bug?

macOS

Which server did you use?

cli-server (PHP built-in webserver)

Database

No response

What happened?

When creating an app in a path directory contains '@' character, the app can't running.

Got this error messages:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'Config\App' not found in /Users/nur/Devs/WebProjects/works@ftugm/ci4-app/vendor/codeigniter4/framework/system/Config/Factories.php:126 ...

My app installation in /Users/nur/Devs/WebProjects/works@ftugm/ci4-app (contains @)

But when I try to install in different directory (without @), the app running well.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create directory with @ character e.g. works@ftugm
2. Create the codeigniter project inside that directory with composer

> cd works@ftugm
> composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter ci4-app

3. Run the app

> cd ci4-app
> php spark serve

4. We get the errors

Expected Output

The app running well.

Anything else?

No response

[datamweb]

Hi @ngekoding ,
This is not a bug.

CodeIgniter autoloader does not allow special characters that are illegal in filenames on certain operating systems. The symbols that can be used are /, _, ., :, \ and space. So if you install CodeIgniter under the folder that contains the special characters like (, ), etc., CodeIgniter won’t work.

more info see : #6192 & installation-set-up

Thanks for the report,

Duplicate of #6190, #6236

[ngekoding]

Thank you, just starting to use ci4 from ci3. So it is must be closed.