#36500 [NEW]: problem with readfile

From: neppo at pobox dot sk Operating system: Windowns XP PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: problem with readfile Description: ------------ i've got file where is written e.g. 16 and filesize is 2 B i gave readfile("x.txt") to variable, name is not important, and then when i called variable e.g. echo $read it showed me 162 . it means that it wrote the file and after it is written filesize. so i can't use readfile in variable Reproduce code: --------------- $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; Expected result: ---------------- x.txt = 16 filesize = 2 $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; /write 16 Actual result: -------------- x.txt = 16 filesize = 2 $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; /is writting 162 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36500&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36500&r=mysqlcfg