Bug #74719 [NEW]: fopen() should accept NULL as context

From: love at sickpeople dot se Operating system: PHP version: Next Minor Version Package: Streams related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:fopen() should accept NULL as context Description: ------------ The only way to set *no context* to fopen() is to not set the 4th parameter. This should be changed to accept NULL as 4th parameter, leading to *no context*. Why? 1) consistency. At least three related functions accepts NULL 2) enables to set the context dynamically, eg avoiding if ($context) fopen (.., $context) else fopen (..) 3) not a BC break, unless you include previously broken code Test script: --------------- file_put_contents ('/tmp/foo', 'bar', 0, NULL); file_get_contents ('/tmp/foo', false, NULL); file ('/tmp/foo', 0, NULL); fopen ('/tmp/foo', 'r', false, NULL); Expected result: ---------------- No warning Actual result: -------------- "PHP Warning: fopen() expects parameter 4 to be resource, null given" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74719&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74719&r=mysqlcfg