Req #60847 [Opn->Bgs]: mkdir second argument should prepend leading zero if only 3 numbers are inputte

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60847&edit=1 ID: 60847 Updated by: cataphract@php.net Reported by: me at davecarlson dot co dot uk Summary: mkdir second argument should prepend leading zero if only 3 numbers are inputte -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions Operating System: Debian Squeeze PHP Version: 5.3.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Bogus as this is unfeasible. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-23 20:47:31] phpmpan at mpan dot pl There is no way to detect this, as this is a function, not a language construct. Also the argument may come from a variable or another function. You are also missing one important thing: there is NO requirement to use leading zero. mkdir accepts a bitmask. A convenient way to input bitmasks is hexadecimal or octal notation. This way of describing numbers is used in many cases, not only to specify file mode mask. But this is just a way to specify a number, nothing more. If you want, you can safely write 493 or 0x1ED an everything will be OK. If one doesn't feel comfortable with specifying bitmasks directly, something more explicit may be used: (1 << 9 | 1 << 8 | 1 << 7 | 1 << 6 | 1 << 4 | 1 << 3 | 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-23 10:36:27] me at davecarlson dot co dot uk Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mkdir#refsect1-function.mkdir- parameters --- It can be **very** easy to omit the leading zero in the permissions argument, especially if working on a command line all day where "775" for example works in a chmod. Although the documentation clearly states it needs a leading zero, it would be good if the function could detect such a trivial error that can lead to quite bad results. It would also help consistency between the linux command line and php. Test script: --------------- <?php mkdir("/tmp/test", 775); // This should be recognised as 0775 are only 3 characters specified Expected result: ---------------- I expect the permissions to be set as "rwxrwxr-x" Actual result: -------------- The permissions are actually set as "r-----r-t" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60847&edit=1