#21410 [Ver]: file_exists(), filetype() do not return FALSE for bad filenames: "" or NULL

ID: 21410 Updated by: sniper@php.net -Summary: filetype() shows 'dir' for bogus files on windows Reported By: ari at alienhosting dot com Status: Verified Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: win32 only PHP Version: 4.3.2-dev New Comment: Same basic problem with file_exists() too.. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-20 00:09:28] sniper@php.net Cause of this is that in win32, php_stat() never tests whether the file exists or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-19 23:59:50] sniper@php.net Tested with latest CVS snapshot.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-04 15:30:29] philip@php.net To be clearer: This happens with any bogus information, whether it be a string, NULL, or otherwise. Of course passing no arguments still results in the standard wrong parameter count error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-04 15:12:16] philip@php.net I experience this E_WARNING in linux but in Windows I always get the following with 4.3.0/win2000: var_dump( filetype(null) ); // string(3) "dir" Which seems odd. Basically instead of the E_WARNING error it shows the bogus file as a dir. This happens with CGI, CLI, and Apache2. Marking this as a filesystem bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-04 14:43:23] nicos@php.net The documentation now warns about the warnings :-) Thank you for your report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/21410 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21410&edit=1