Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60847&edit=1
ID: 60847
Comment by: phpmpan at mpan dot pl
Reported by: me at davecarlson dot co dot uk
Summary: mkdir second argument should prepend leading zero if
only 3 numbers are inputte
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
Operating System: Debian Squeeze
PHP Version: 5.3.9
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
There is no way to detect this, as this is a function, not a language
construct. Also the argument may come from a variable or another function.
You are also missing one important thing: there is NO requirement to use
leading zero. `mkdir` accepts a bitmask. A convenient way to input bitmasks is
hexadecimal or octal notation. This way of describing numbers is used in many
cases, not only to specify file mode mask. But this is just a way to specify a
number, nothing more. If you want, you can safely write 493 or 0x1ED an
everything will be OK. If one doesn't feel comfortable with specifying bitmasks
directly, something more explicit may be used:
(1 << 9 | 1 << 8 | 1 << 7 | 1 << 6 | 1 << 4 | 1 << 3 | 1)
Previous Comments:
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[2012-01-23 10:36:27] me at davecarlson dot co dot uk
Description:
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>From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mkdir#refsect1-function.mkdir-
parameters
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It can be **very** easy to omit the leading zero in the permissions argument,
especially if working on a command line all day where "775" for example works
in
a chmod. Although the documentation clearly states it needs a leading zero, it
would be good if the function could detect such a trivial error that can lead
to
quite bad results. It would also help consistency between the linux command
line
and php.
Test script:
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<?php
mkdir("/tmp/test", 775); // This should be recognised as 0775 are only 3
characters specified
Expected result:
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I expect the permissions to be set as "rwxrwxr-x"
Actual result:
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The permissions are actually set as "r-----r-t"
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