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Bug #74719 fopen() should accept NULL as context
Submitted: 2017-06-08 21:36 UTC Modified: -
From: love at sickpeople dot se Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Streams related
PHP Version: Next Minor Version OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-06-08 21:36 UTC] love at sickpeople dot se
Description:
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The only way to set *no context* to fopen() is to not set the 4th parameter.

This should be changed to accept NULL as 4th parameter, leading to *no context*.

Why?

 1) consistency. At least three related functions accepts NULL

 2) enables to set the context dynamically, eg avoiding if ($context) fopen (.., $context) else fopen (..)

 3) not a BC break, unless you include previously broken code


Test script:
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file_put_contents ('/tmp/foo', 'bar', 0, NULL);

file_get_contents ('/tmp/foo', false, NULL);

file ('/tmp/foo', 0, NULL);

fopen ('/tmp/foo', 'r', false, NULL);

Expected result:
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No warning

Actual result:
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"PHP Warning:  fopen() expects parameter 4 to be resource, null given"

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 [2017-06-08 21:41 UTC] kelunik@php.net
Same should be done for `fwrite` and the chunk size.
 [2018-01-17 11:47 UTC] nikic@php.net
Automatic comment on behalf of alexander@holman.org.uk
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=a01de10b075de9558dfe27535e601c7c4c0c819e
Log: Fixed bug #74719
 [2018-01-17 11:47 UTC] nikic@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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