Title: DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR Issue
Last modified: December 28, 2016

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# DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR Issue

 *  [darkskipper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkskipper/)
 * (@darkskipper)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory_separator-issue/)
 * Firstly, let me say I’m aware that this has been reported before and that there’s
   a work-around. However, if the plug-in is upgraded or re-installed, then the 
   work-around gets undone. Although not a show-stopper, it’s an annoyance.
 * There are problems when the directory separator is `\` rather than `/`. To my
   knowledge, this is only Windows platforms, but as that’s a popular platform, 
   I think this is important.
 * #### Steps to reproduce:
    1. Use a WordPress site running on a Windows host.
    2. Install and activate “Snow Storm”.
    3. Load a page.
    4. Examine the source code.
 * #### Expected behaviour:
    - The JavaScript file `snow-storm.js` to be loaded, e.g.
       `<script type='text/
      javascript' src='/wp-content/plugins/snow-storm/snow-storm.js?ver=1.41'></
      script>`
    - The snow effect to be rendered.
 * #### Actual behaviour:
    - Incorrect script path specified, e.g.
       `<script type='text/javascript' src
      ='/wp-content/pluginssnow-stormsnow-storm.js?ver=1.41'></script>`
    - No snow effect.
 * #### Analysis:
 * File: snow-storm.php
    Func: snow_storm_enqueue_scripts() Line: 116
 *  `wp_enqueue_script('snow-storm', plugins_url() . DS . 'snow-storm' . DS . 'snow-
   storm.js', false, '1.41');`
 * Due to the use of `DS` i.e. `DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`, the resulting URL is:
 *  `/wp-content/plugins\snow-storm\snow-storm.js`
 * This is causing problems later on in the processing, since the backslashes are
   not escaped, e.g.`\\`. The result is that things like `\s` just end up as `s`.
 * #### Recommendation:
 * As Windows supports the use of `/` as a path separator, at least those versions
   since `command.com` was in use, then there’s no real need to use the `DS` constant.
   It could be removed from the plug-in’s code, or at least permanently set to `/`
   rather than `DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`.
 * In any case, scripts should be specified as URLs when using `<script src="..."
   >`, not file system paths, so `DS` should never have been used in this particular
   case.
 * I hope this is helpful.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory_separator-issue/)
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