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Request #51442 is_writable is confusing, should NOT check if the file exists or not
Submitted: 2010-03-30 20:56 UTC Modified: 2010-03-30 21:44 UTC
From: mr dot mosch at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
PHP Version: 5.2.13 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-03-30 20:56 UTC] mr dot mosch at gmail dot com 
Description:
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If i want to check if the file is writeable even if it not exists, if have to write an complicated function. if the behavior would change both cases, file exists and file does not exists would be handled in 1 line of code.

This is not a test script, should only show up the thing.

// Acutal behavior:
if (is_writeable('/tmp/NOT_EXISTING')) // returns false

// Better behavior:
if (is_writeable('/tmp/NOT_EXISTING')) // returns true

// Actual workaround:
if (is_writeable('/tmp/NOT_EXISTING') || (file_exists('/tmp/NOT_EXISTING') === false && is_writeable(pathinfo('/tmp/NOT_EXISTING', PATHINFO_DIRNAME))) // return true

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 [2010-03-30 21:44 UTC] fa@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2010-03-30 21:44 UTC] fa@php.net 
This would be quite a BC break, won't happen.
 
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