Doc #63205 [Com]: readdir() failure returns NULL instead of false

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63205&edit=1 ID: 63205 Comment by: inscriptions at starbender dot com Reported by: ai0867 at gmail dot com Summary: readdir() failure returns NULL instead of false Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Directory function related Operating System: Debian Squeeze PHP Version: 5.3.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I also have the same problem with PHP-5.3.17 on SuSE Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-19 12:02:10] joko at mms-dresden dot de The error also occurs on RHEL 5.8 using PHP versions 5.3.15, 5.3.16 and 5.3.17. I was not able to test other versions. Since max_execution_time does not apply to readdir, the following code (present in Typo3) will trigger an endless loop which continues to run even after the user has aborted the HTTP request. while (($file = readdir($handle)) !== FALSE) { ... } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-03 09:30:30] ai0867 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.readdir#refsect1-function.readdir- returnvalues --- readdir() should return the boolean value false on failure. When calling it on a failed opendir() result (false), it returns NULL instead. http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.internal.php This indicates that this is intentional, but the readdir() documentation says nothing about this. Test script: --------------- $dir = opendir("/tmp/this-dir-does-not-exist"); $item = readdir($dir); var_dump($item); // Should be false. Returns NULL on my machine Expected result: ---------------- false Actual result: -------------- PHP Warning: opendir(/tmp/this-dir-does-not-exist): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/ai/test.php on line 2 PHP Warning: readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in test.php on line 3 NULL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63205&edit=1