#38695 [NEW]: is_writable broken

From: sk8boardkid at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.4.4 PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: is_writable broken Description: ------------ The function "is_writable" does not work correctly: The attached script does not give the correct result when run from the command line or from apache the session.save_path is set to "/tmp" in php.ini which has the following permissions: drwxrwxrwt 25 root root 4096 Sep 2 23:30 tmp this is the normal file permissions for the linux /tmp directory. with these permissions any use can write into this directory, but the "is_writable" function returns "false" Reproduce code: --------------- <?php //checks if temp is writeable $sp=ini_get('session.save_path'); echo $sp . "<br/>"; if (is_writable($sp)) { echo 'The file is writable'; } else { echo 'The file is not writable'; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- /tmp<br/>The file is writable Actual result: -------------- /tmp<br/>The file is not writable -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38695&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38695&r=mysqlcfg