Bug #14076: fopen() and touch() fail to create file under safe mode

From: a.genkin@utoronto.ca Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions Bug description: fopen() and touch() fail to create file under safe mode Under safe mode, fopen("filename", "w") fails to create a file if it doesn't exist, complaining about open_basedir restriction. However, the filename refers to the file in the directory configured in the open_basedir. Besides, if the same file is created manually, fopen() can open it for writing without any problems. The directory is writeable to the web server. $dir = '/var/www/tmp/submit'; // Fails if the file doesn't exist. // Succeeds if the file does exist fopen( "$dir/file.txt", "w" ); // Fails if the file doesn't exist. mkdir( "$dir/foo", 0700 ); // SUCCEEDS!!! Notice the same path. -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=14076&edit=1