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Operating system:
PHP version: 4.1.0
PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem
Bug description: popen() never returns false
popen() doesn't return false on non-existent file. Bug#9043 says that it is
intentional, but probably it's not the expected behavior and should be
noted in the manual.
if (popen("/i/dont/exist","r")) echo "OK";
results in "OK" (and no warning is issued).
Also applies to exec(), system() and backtick operator.
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