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Request #64510 filemtime() and 'mtime' index from stat() only works for the first call
Submitted: 2013-03-25 13:46 UTC Modified: 2013-03-25 15:28 UTC
From: gu_ludo at yahoo dot com dot br Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 5.3.23 OS: WinXP SP3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-03-25 13:46 UTC] gu_ludo at yahoo dot com dot br 
Description:
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The functions stat() and filemtime() don't return a different value for the file's modification time on a second call whereas fstat() does.

Test script:
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echo "Using filemtime():\n";
$filename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'foo');
file_put_contents($filename, "First row\n", FILE_APPEND);
var_dump(filemtime($filename));
sleep(5);
file_put_contents($filename, "Second row\n", FILE_APPEND);
var_dump(filemtime($filename));

echo "\nUsing stat():\n";
$filename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'foo');
file_put_contents($filename, "First row\n", FILE_APPEND);
$stat = stat($filename);
var_dump($stat['mtime']);
sleep(5);
file_put_contents($filename, "Second row\n", FILE_APPEND);
$stat = stat($filename);
var_dump($stat['mtime']);

echo "\nUsing fstat():\n";
$filename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'foo');
$f = fopen($filename, 'r');
file_put_contents($filename, "First row\n", FILE_APPEND);
$stat = fstat($f);
var_dump($stat['mtime']);
sleep(5);
file_put_contents($filename, "Second row\n", FILE_APPEND);
$stat = fstat($f);
var_dump($stat['mtime']);

Expected result:
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Using filemtime():
int(1364217934)
int(1364217939)

Using stat():
int(1364217939)
int(1364217944)

Using fstat():
int(1364217944)
int(1364217949)

Actual result:
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Using filemtime():
int(1364217934)
int(1364217934)

Using stat():
int(1364217939)
int(1364217939)

Using fstat():
int(1364217944)
int(1364217949)

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 [2013-03-25 14:03 UTC] gu_ludo at yahoo dot com dot br
-Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2013-03-25 14:03 UTC] gu_ludo at yahoo dot com dot br 
I found out that there's the function clearstatcache() (http://php.net/manual/en/function.clearstatcache.php), which solves the problem.

Although, I think the "affected functions" listed on the documentation page should return by default the actual values and the caching could be optionally configured. So I change this bug's type to "Change request".
 [2013-03-25 15:01 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2013-03-25 15:01 UTC] nikic@php.net 
We had a few discussions about this and the general consensus is that stats should by default be cached. Running scripts without stat cache can often result in a quite significant performance hit. The cases where you need non-cached stats are rather rare and certainly don't justify adding a slowdown for all other calls.
 [2013-03-25 15:28 UTC] gu_ludo at yahoo dot com dot br 
Ok, so I'll will respect the consensus.
Just one question: May I use fstat() to non-cached stats, or it is likely to this 
function behave like stat() in the future?
 
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