#22775 [Opn->Csd]: Fatal error from require() exits with status=0

ID: 22775 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: gk at proliberty dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: CGI related Operating System: linux RH 7.2; kernel 2.4.18 PHP Version: 4.3.2RC1 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-19 01:40:19] gk at proliberty dot com improved the title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-18 21:46:02] gk at proliberty dot com Actually I was mistaken about the workaround: THERE IS NO WAY TO EXIT CORRECTLY, USING require(); only with include()! Which is contrary to the entire purpose of using require() instead of include(). This does NOT work: <?php $success=require("non_existent_file"); if (!$success) exit(1); ?> This DOES work: <?php $success=include("non_existent_file"); if (!$success) exit(1); ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-18 20:50:53] gk at proliberty dot com According to the manual, require() differs from include() in that failure to open a file is FATAL in require(). Yet, using sapi/cgi/php or sapi/cli/php, fatal errors from require() exit with status=0 instead of non-zero, as one would expect from a 'fatal' error. I do not know if this problem is true for ALL fatal errors or not. Calling exit(1) works correctly however, which provides an awkward, but useful, workaround to this problem: $success=require("non_existent.php"); if (!$success) exit(1); Here is my test file: /htdocs/common/test/junk/test.php <?php $script="non_existent_file"; $success=require_once($script); //the following fixes the problem: //if (!$success) exit(1); ?> [root@p3 sapi]# cli/php -f /htdocs/common/test/junk/test.php; echo status="$?"; Warning: main(non_existent_file) [http://www.php.net/function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/common/test/junk/test.php on line 4 Fatal error: main() [http://www.php.net/function.require]: Failed opening required 'non_existent_file' (include_path='.:/usr/local/apache/htdocs/common/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/common/test/junk/test.php on line 4 status=0 [root@p3 sapi]# cli/php -r 'exit(1);'; echo status="$?"; status=1 [root@p3 sapi]# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22775&edit=1