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ID: 60110 Updated by: s...@php.net Reported by: tom at punkave dot com Summary: fclose(), file_put_contents(), copy() do not return false properly Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: all PHP Version: 5.3.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This looks like a bug, I think it'd be fine to have the fix in 5.4. Any pull reqs with fixes? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-30 17:25:04] cataphr...@php.net fclose() calls php_stream_close since PHP 5.4, see http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=309491 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-12-29 04:45:53] tstarl...@php.net It would be nice if the return value of php_stream_close() was checked, but note that fclose() does not call php_stream_close(), it calls zend_list_delete(), which can't return anything sensible because rsrc_dtor_func_t returns void. It would be ugly and difficult to change rsrc_dtor_func_t at this stage, and in any case, during shutdown or zval destruction we don't really care about flush failures. I think the way to go would be to call php_stream_close() from fclose() before calling the resource destructor. There probably won't be any dangling pointers, it looks pretty well guarded already. As for cataphract's concern: we could audit all the wrapper close functions, there's not that many of them is there? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-24 17:05:00] tom at punkave dot com How about a close_checks_flush php.ini flag which defaults to false in 5.3 and to true in 5.4? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-21 21:35:52] tom at punkave dot com This can definitely happen with the regular stdio stuff. stdio employs buffering as a matter of course. It is a serious bug, not a change in behavior. As for stream wrappers, the documentation specifies what stream_flush is supposed to return, and fflush() would already be failing for people with bad stream wrappers who did not heed that documentation. stream_close is not supposed to return anything but is not affected by this bug because stream_flush has already been called (and cheerfully ignored) before stream_close is called (I checked). So there is no need to change the behavior of stream_close (which would be a bc break). We just need to pay attention to what stream_flush is already telling us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-21 21:23:22] cataphr...@php.net See bug #53328. This is a good candidate for trunk, for stable versions I fear (perhaps unfoundedly) that, because the return value of php_stream_close/free is almost always ignored, some wrappers might have gotten away with incorrect return values on the close handler. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60110 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60110&edit=1