Req #40288 [Opn->Csd]: how to check if a file is includable or not includable

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40288&edit=1 ID: 40288 Updated by: cweiske@php.net Reported by: ironoxid at libero dot it Summary: how to check if a file is includable or not includable -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: irrelevant PHP Version: 5.2.0 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cweiske Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: stream_resolve_include_path() does what you want (from PHP 5.3.2 on). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-30 13:48:10] ironoxid at libero dot it Description: ------------ Actually there is a difference between read and include authorization: I can't read a file, but, at the same time, I can include it (read about safe_mode_include_dir). Unfortunately there is no way to check if I can include a file or not. Actually the only way to do this is perform an include, and this is not always what we want to do. Reproduce code: --------------- function check_plugins($pluginsFromConfig) { foreach($pluginsFromConfig As $filepath) { if(is_includable($filepath)===false) { trigger_error('plugin not found',E_USER_ERROR); exit; } else echo 'plugin -bla- -bla- exists'; } } Expected result: ---------------- We expect to know if a file can be included, without include it. Actual result: -------------- Function is_includable doesn't exist. We tried to use file_exists, etc. but are limited by safe_mode restrictions. Documentation say that we can use is_readable for ignore safe_mode restriction but it doesn't work and if it will work it will be logically wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40288&edit=1