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Request #76081 mkdir(..., ..., true) should not return false when the directory exists
Submitted: 2018-03-12 02:07 UTC Modified: 2021-07-21 14:19 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:2.7 ± 1.2
Reproduced:1 of 2 (50.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: marco dot agnoli at me dot com Assigned:
Status: Suspended Package: Directory function related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-03-12 02:07 UTC] marco dot agnoli at me dot com
Description:
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It would be really useful if the mkdir function with the $recursive parameter set to TRUE would behave the same way as mkdir -p command on linux.

The difference between the two is that mkdir -p does not report an error if the directory already exists while the php version does.

And triggering a WARNING seems a bit too much, why not trigger a NOTICE or nothing at all when the directory already exists?

If backwards compatibility is a concern then we can create a new function called "mkdirp($path, $perm)".

Test script:
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<?php

var_dump(mkdir('/tmp/a/b/c/d/', 0777, true));
var_dump(mkdir('/tmp/a/b/c/d/', 0777, true));

Expected result:
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bool(true)
bool(true)

Actual result:
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bool(true)
bool(false)

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 [2021-07-21 14:19 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Suspended
 [2021-07-21 14:19 UTC] cmb@php.net
Either change should go through the RFC process[1].  I suspend
this rticket for the time being.

[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto>
 
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