Re:About bug #7396 - Re: note 9208 rejected and deleted from is_file by jmcastagnetto (fwd)

OOps. I am using PHP 4.0.3pl1, not 3.0.3pl1 as I mistakenly stated in the previous msg. --- "J. M. Castagnetto" <jcastagnetto@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bug #7396 may not be a bug by coding logic error. > Read > below for more information. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:07:36 -0400 > > From: Whit <whit@transpect.com> > > To: jmcastagnetto@php.net > > Subject: Re: note 9208 rejected and deleted from > > is_file by jmcastagnetto > > > > Hey JM, > > > > I _did_ submit a bug report, as I reported in the > > note below. Further, I > > tried to add more information to it, but _that_ > > system rejected the addition > > because although I had the password from the > > original submission I had no > > user id > > That is strange, the system does not require a use > id, > just a password. Look at: > > http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php?id=7396&edit=2 > > > > - because the system never set me up with > > one - and it _did_ > > recognize I was still me, and showed my e-mail > > address filled in. That > > really needs to be fixed if you're going to insist > > that bug reports are the > > only place to discuss problems in the use of > > functions > > I am not the one making the rules (the reason why I > am > CC'ing this msg to the Notes and Devel lists), the > Notes team has a set of working rules of thumb to > remove, edit, accept submissions to the on-line > notes > system. Anything that belongs to in the bug database > should go there and/or the PHP-DEV list, anything > belonging to support should go to the one of the > support lists, etc. > > Notes clarifying a point in the manual are accepted, > and eventually will be added to the manual by the > documentation team. Notes giving examples of a not > well documented function or a side effect or a bug > are > even better. Other random notes are treated > according > to the working rules of the editing team. > > BTW, the bug system works w/o you needing a special > ID > (apart from password/email). The only one who may > need > an ID, etc. would be the developer handling your bug > report and fixing the code. > > Also, I cannot reproduce your bug. I tried a > modification of your code (the one using is_file() > instead of is_dir()), on the "phpdoc/en" directory > (see cvs.php.net) and got: > > CNT: 12 > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/. > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/.. > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/CVS > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/appendices > File: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/bookinfo.xml > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/chapters > File: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/chapters.ent > File: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/chapters.ent~ > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/features > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/functions > Dir: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/language > File: /home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en/preface.xml > > The code I used was: > > <?php > $dir ="/home/jesus/devel/php/phpdoc/en"; > $handle=opendir($dir); > while ($file = readdir($handle)) { > $retval[count($retval)] = $dir."/".$file; > } > closedir($handle); > sort($retval); > $cnt=count($retval); > echo "CNT: $cnt\n"; > $int=0; > while($int<$cnt) { > if(is_file($retval[$int])) { > echo "File: ".$retval[$int]."\n"; > } else { > echo "Dir: ".$retval[$int]."\n"; > } > $int++; > } > ?> > > I am using PHP 3.0.3pl1 on Linux 6.1 > > >- unless the > > submitter can only update the report by filing > _more > > reports_ - not what you > > should want! > > Indeed. I assume that you did use the "User Modify" > link when trying to add comments to the bug and not > the "Dev Modify" one, didn't you? > > If you got a problem/error, send them to the > PHP-DEV, > or the documentation lists, and we'll fix the > problem > (if any) in the submission script. In my personal > experience the system has worked OK, but if you had > a > difference experience, let us know. > > BTW, the msg you get is boilerplate text that is > generated when a note is rejected. > > > Information on bugs are not just of interest to > the > > development team, but > > also to others trying to use the faulty functions. > > Why suppress such > > knowledge and discussion? The purpose of the post > to > > the manual wasn't to > > report the bug to the team > > The notes are not for discussion. In this case your > bug report could be considering useful information, > but it had 2 problems: > > 1) It looked (on a quick inspection) like a > question, > note the question mark at the end of the next to > last > sentence in the text quoted below > > 2) It was not a bug, but a problem w/ the code you > were using > > Reason #2 was why it was rejected. Although #1 was > what drew my attention to it. > > >- which I did through the > > right form. The point > > was to communicate with other users, which has > been > > invaluable to those of > > use who've been using PHP since before version > 1.0. > > > > Whit > > Regards. > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 11:28:55PM -0000, > > jmcastagnetto@php.net wrote: > > > The user contributed notes are not a place to > > > request support, report bugs or ask for new > > features > > > ; use the resources listed in > > <http://www.php.net/support.php>\n for those > > purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > > > you used to submit your note, please carefully > > read > > > those insructions before submitting future > > contributions. > > > Your note has been removed from the on-line > > manual. > > > > > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > > > > > is_file() and is_dir() appear to be seriously > > broken when used against arrays of filenames - > does > > it have something to do with clearstatcache() and > > PHP not realizing that a different name in the > same > > array is a different file, not another reference > to > > the last one it looked at? - but clearstatcache() > > doesn't fix the problem either. Have submitted bug > > report. > > > > -- > > > > \/\/ I-I I T > > Blauvelt > > whit@transpect.com > > > > > ===== > --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! 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