#30259 [Opn->Bgs]: file_exists() returns false in safe_mode even if file in safe_mode_include_dir

ID: 30259 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: php at mbant dot de -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Debian Woody PHP Version: 4.3.9 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php As the documentation suggests this directive only allows exclusion for safe_mode checks for include() and require(), regular file operations such as fopen(), copy(), file_exists() and so on, are not affected by this exclusion. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-27 23:31:48] php at mbant dot de in 'expected result', $a should of course be actually true, but is not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-27 23:28:16] php at mbant dot de Description: ------------ When safe_mode = on, file_exists() returns false for files not belonging to the same user, even if a file is in safe_mode_include_dir. notes: * this did work with version 4.3.8 * it does not matter if PHP is run as CGI, Apache or CLI. example: --- php.ini --- safe_mode = On ;[...] safe_mode_include_dir = ".:/usr/share/php:/usr/local/lib/mbant" --------------- Reproduce code: --------------- <? $a = file_exists('/usr/share/php/DB.php'); // returns false ?> Expected result: ---------------- $a will be 'false'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30259&edit=1