#32107 [Opn->Fbk]: fclose (STDIN|STDOUT|STDERR) not working

ID: 32107 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: php at the-eend dot org -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: CGI related Operating System: Redhat ES3 PHP Version: 4.3.10 New Comment: Why do you think they are not closed? <?php var_dump(STDIN); fclose (STDIN); var_dump(fread(STDIN, 10)); ?> Or use var_dump() in your example: <?php var_dump(STDIN); fclose (STDIN); var_dump(STDIN); ?> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-25 12:54:31] php at the-eend dot org Description: ------------ This is the same bug as reported and fixed for PHP5 last year: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27865 , but is still present in 4.3.10. Upgrading to PHP 5 is not an option at this point. Any chance this can be back-ported? With CLI scripts, fclosing STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR have no effect, leaving the sockets open, and the terminal which ran the script hanging. Reproduce code: --------------- echo STDIN . '|' . STDOUT . '|' . STDERR . "\n"; fclose (STDIN); fclose (STDOUT); fclose (STDERR); echo STDIN . '|' . STDOUT . '|' . STDERR . "\n"; Expected result: ---------------- The STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR streams should be closed: Resource id #1|Resource id #2|Resource id #3 || (perhaps, though this would mean the value of a 'constant' was being changed...) Actual result: -------------- The streams are not closed, and remain pointing to the same resources: Resource id #1|Resource id #2|Resource id #3 Resource id #1|Resource id #2|Resource id #3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32107&edit=1