[Bug]: The system cannot find the path specified

[asciito]

Platform

Windows

Operating system version

Windows 11 Home Single Language

System architecture

Intel (x86)

Herd Version

1.0.1

PHP Version

8.3

Bug description

The next bug is simple to fix, I do it my self.

When I install Herd on my Windows machine, everytime I try to run the command herd, or php, etc, I always recieve the message: The system cannot find the path specified. I'm not even an expert on windows but I found that the problem is releated with the name of my current user (folder) containt an accent mark and a space.

Let say, e.g. C:\User\José Perengano, so the problem was in the php.bat file (and all the other .bat files that contain the full path), I just replace the base part with the variable %USERPROFILE% and the path looks like this "%USERPROFILE%\.config\herd\bin\php83\php.exe" %*.

I tried to solve the problem just scaping the space, but that doesn't work so I choose to use the system variable, and just to be clear, this was a fresh installation, I do not touch anything before.

Steps to reproduce

Create a local user on a Windows Machine, and the user folder should have to contain a space, and an accent mark

Relevant log output

The system cannot find the path specified

[sschlein]

I have fixed that but we are going to test this to see if there are any side effects that we don't know about. So it'll be in a release soon! :)

[andersmandersen]

I have got the same problem, just with a danish character. Just letting you know if your are looking into that area :)

My path is "C:\Users\AndersMøllerAndersen"

[domagoj-skender-appliment]

Same problem with Croatian character and space, "C:\Users\Domagoj Škender", can't access PHP, Herd, Composer or Laravel commands via Powershell

[domagoj-skender-appliment]

Changed the path with %USERPROFILE% variable in the bat files, now laravel, php and composer commands work via CLI, but herd commands still don't: "The system cannot find the path specified."

[Typhion]

This issue is still not fixed. If you have any special characters in your username you will just become unable to use the herd command in any way. For the other commands there are work arounds luckily.

[Typhion]

Changing the php version does not change anything. It is not PHP that has trouble with reading special chars, it is Herd that is unable to do this. Hope they fix this soon.

[timmydhooghe]

@sschlein Are you still testing this, or has it died a silent death?