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Bug #76288 I cannot open .txt files with file_get_contents, but I can open other files.
Submitted: 2018-04-30 14:28 UTC Modified: 2018-04-30 14:33 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:1.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 1 (0.0%)
From: im_not_gonna_tell_ya at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 7.2.5 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-04-30 14:28 UTC] im_not_gonna_tell_ya at yahoo dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/features.commandline.io-streams
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Test script:
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#This works fine
$x = file_get_contents('example.html');

#This does NOT work
$x = file_get_contents('example.txt');

#Both files exist on the server and have exactly the same content and permissions

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 [2018-04-30 14:32 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net 
for sure not - php don't care about extensions or file-types here

set error_repprting to E_ALL and look at your errors
pretty sure your test-script is not what you are running in reality
 [2018-04-30 14:33 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2018-04-30 14:33 UTC] requinix@php.net 
I can't tell you what's wrong but I can tell you that this is not a bug in PHP. Keep looking.
 
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