is_readable(), file_exists() and possibly other similar functions return Warning stat failed errors if the file for which the function is called is in a directory for which the www user (Apache) does not have permissions to read.

The functions still return the appropriate values, but the error output is annoying. While I undestand why the error is occuring, a function with a name such as is_readable should suppress these warnings and simply return false if it cannot read the file.

Thanks, Nic.

Code and error stuff follow.

<?PHP
echo $file;
echo ": ";
if (file_exists($file)) {
echo " exists";
}
else {
echo " dont exist";
}
if(is_readable($file)) {
echo "readable";
}
else {echo "not readable";}
?>

In the case below the directory 'poo' is not world readable, but does exist.

poo/poo.txt:
Warning: stat failed for poo/poo.txt (errno=13 - Permission denied) in /opt/apache_1.3.26/htdocs/is_read_test.php on line 6
dont exist
Warning: stat failed for poo/poo.txt (errno=13 - Permission denied) in /opt/apache_1.3.26/htdocs/is_read_test.php on line 12
not readable