From:
Operating system: Linux
PHP version: 5.2.13
Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description:is_writable is confusing, should NOT check if the file exists
or not
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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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51442&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=trysnapshot52
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=trysnapshot53
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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in SVN:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=needscript
Try newer version:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=support
Expected behavior:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=dst
IIS Stability:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=float
No Zend Extensions:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51442&r=mysqlcfg
