#25475 [NEW]: Direct IO access to raw file descriptor

From: mbostrom at syrah dot us Operating system: Unixes PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Direct IO access to raw file descriptor Description: ------------ The Direct IO functions are nice. However, it is sometimes necessary to access file descriptors by their number. For instance, a parent process can set up file descriptors 3, 4 and 5 for communication with the a child process (in addition to file descriptors 0, 1 and 2). It would be nice if there were a way in PHP to get access to to file descriptor 3, so that PHP could interoperate with software that uses "extra" file descriptors. (In particular, I am writing a mail filter. The mail server sets up fd 3). Getting access to the "extra" file descriptors is not possible at present, because the only way to get a file descriptor is to call dio_open on a file. What if the file descriptor already exists? There is currently no way to access it. Perhaps a function such as dio_rawfd (int fdnum) could be added? fdnum is an integer - the number of the file descriptor you want. dio_rawfd returns a file descriptor resource for file descriptor number fdnum. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25475&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25475&r=gnused