#43510 [Bgs->Opn]: stream_get_meta_data does not return same mode as used in fopen

ID: 43510 Updated by: helly@php.net Reported By: dz at bitxtender dot com -Status: Bogus +Status: Open Bug Type: Streams related Operating System: * PHP Version: * New Comment: Reopening after discussions. David, please explain the reasoning Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-06 13:50:09] helly@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Why should the exact mode matter? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-06 03:15:34] dz at bitxtender dot com Description: ------------ When an fopen() is done on an HTTP URL with mode "r", the stream_get_meta_data() result returns "r+" Reproduce code: --------------- $meta = stream_get_meta_data(fopen('http://www.google.com/', 'r')); var_dump($meta['mode']); Expected result: ---------------- string 'r' (length=1) Actual result: -------------- string 'r+' (length=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-06 02:18:22] dz at bitxtender dot com Description: ------------ When an fopen() is done on an HTTP URL with mode "r", the stream_get_meta_data() result returns "r+" Reproduce code: --------------- $f = fopen('http://www.google.com/', 'r'); var_dump(stream_get_meta_data($f['mode'])); Expected result: ---------------- string 'r' (length=1) Actual result: -------------- string 'r+' (length=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43510&edit=1