Bug->Doc #54673 [Opn->Bgs]: readdir(false) returns NULL

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54673&edit=1 ID: 54673 Updated by: salathe@php.net Reported by: chealer at gmail dot com Summary: readdir(false) returns NULL -Status: Open +Status: Bogus -Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem Package: Directory function related PHP Version: 5.3.6 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: salathe Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The fact that most functions now return NULL if you feed in bad parameters is documented already. See the note on http:/www.php.net/manual/en/functions.internal.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-06 08:00:38] chealer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ According to http://php.net/readdir readdir "Returns the filename on success or FALSE on failure." As reported in #52383, since PHP 5.3 readdir may also return NULL on failure. The regression can be seen here: # php -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), @readdir(false), @readdir(false)===false);' string(8) "5.2.11-2" bool(false) bool(true) $ php -r 'var_dump(phpversion(), @readdir(false), @readdir(false)===false);' string(8) "5.3.6-10" NULL bool(false) According to the first bullet on http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.incompatible.php this would be an intentional change, so this would be a documentation bug. Test script: --------------- var_dump(@readdir(false)); Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- NULL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54673&edit=1