#37246 [Opn->Bgs]: Cannot write files in __destruct()

ID: 37246 Updated by: mike@php.net Reported By: mass at carlsoft dot net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Kubuntu 5.10 PHP Version: 5.1.2 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 Exactly. mike@honeybadger:/www/html$ cat destrct.php <?php class c { function __destruct() { var_dump(realpath(".")); } } $c = new c; Output in browser: string(1) "/" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-04-30 07:13:10] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com ...and you get permission denied because at some point of the script shutdown, apache chdir() to SERVER_ROOT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-04-30 06:38:05] judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com AFAIK this is the expected behaviuor.destructors are called at script shutdown, and most parts of the engine are already deactivated. A PHP dev can correct me if Im wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-04-29 19:23:50] mass at carlsoft dot net Description: ------------ A warning is thrown when trying to use file_put_contents in the destructor of a class. It reports that permission was denied, but the directory and all children are chmod'd to 777. Additionally, I can write to the file any other time in the script. Reproduce code: --------------- class test { public function __destruct() { file_put_contents('somefile','somedata'); } } $foo = new test; Expected result: ---------------- somefile contain somedata Actual result: -------------- Warning with a permission error ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37246&edit=1