From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: linux PHP version: 4.1.1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: stat() produces warning instead of error-code.
I used stat() to check the existence of files. If the file I check does not exist, stat() would return FALSE instead of a struct stbuf. This behaviour is also the *documented* behaviour and is how php-4.0 behaves. Just 15 mins. ago I installed php-4.1.1. Now, stat() on a non-existent file clutters my html-pages with "Warning: file does not exist". *cough* Yes, I know that files might not exist, thatīs exactly what I use stat() for, to check the existance of files. Yes, there is "file_exists()", but why do you output warnings from stat() when returning FALSE is sufficient? This is one more step away from how one would code programms in C. Why implement C-like functions (stat(), fstat(), lstat()) when you have to use other non-obvious functions (file_exists()) to do what you could do with the C-like functions. Stay close to the origins. -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=15089&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
