PHP has a stat cache which is... unfortunate. As noted in this bug from 2004[0] it causes a number of issues for PHP users and is irrelevant in modern operating systems. Heck, it's not even useful in OS's people might consider ancient at this point.
I have a PR[1] to fix this, but had not noticed it had been referred to this mailing list. I'll need fix the PR at this point as the code has drifted, but before I do, can whatever discussion happen so that the PR will be accepted? The change I've made will allow people to disable the cache so that it won't cause errors and it leaves the current broken behaviour in place. So there's no real change to the user experience except they now have a tool to disable buggy behaviour. I feel that this is the least intrusive way to fix this bug. In the discussion on the bug there was resistance to getting rid of the cache so this was the solution proposed in 2007 and seemed reasonable. The default behaviour remains but can be turned off by people who want it off - and there are a number of people who would like it off. Is this an acceptable solution? Would this functionality be accepted either via my PR or another. Kevin [0]: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28790 [1]: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/5894 -- Kevin Lyda Galway, Ireland -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
