#24185 [NEW]: getcwd() fails if parent directory miss readable-flag

From: fulcrum at mbnet dot fi Operating system: NetBSD PHP version: 4CVS-2003-06-14 (stable) PHP Bug Type: Directory function related Bug description: getcwd() fails if parent directory miss readable-flag Description: ------------ If one of the parent directories of the current working directory doesn't have the readable flag +r (while +x is still specified) getcwd() return false, even though the current directory has full (or at least readable & executale) access (the restrictive permissions apply ONLY to the parent directory). The possible return value of false isn't either mentioned in the documenation. Reproduce code: --------------- mkdir one ; mkdir one/two ; mkdir one/two/three echo "<?php echo gettype(getcwd()).'; '; echo getcwd() ? 'true' : 'false'; ?>" > one/sample.php echo "<?php echo gettype(getcwd()).'; '; echo getcwd() ? 'true' : 'false'; ?>" > one/two/sample.php echo "<?php echo gettype(getcwd()).'; '; echo getcwd() ? 'true' : 'false'; ?>" > one/two/three/sample.php chmod 111 one ; chmod 755 one/two ; chmod 755 one/two/three chmod 644 one/sample.php ; chmod 644 one/two/sample.php ; chmod 644 one/two/three/sample.php Expected result: ---------------- one/sample.php: string; true one/two/sample.php: string; true one/two/three/sample.php: string; true Actual result: -------------- one/sample.php: string; true one/two/sample.php: boolean; false one/two/three/sample.php: boolean; false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24185&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24185&r=gnused