Re: is_readable fails with a variable parameter

Does the actual filename character count match 111? On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Tommy Peterson <stpetersn@hotmail.com> wrote: > string(111) and then the correct path/filename > > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:56:11 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PHP] is_readable fails with a variable parameter > From: azizsaleh@gmail.com > To: stpetersn@hotmail.com > CC: php-general@lists.php.net > > var_dump($file_path_name); > > What do you get? > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Tommy Peterson <stpetersn@hotmail.com> > wrote: > I am using a PHP API that uses is_readable as a check before a particular > function does anything. The problem that I am having is that if I do > something like > > > > is_readable($file_path_name); > > > > my code terminates as is_readable says it cannot read the file or there is > a permissions issue. But if I go to the file path/name in $file_path_name > (echoing it out to make sure) I can see and open the file. > > > > If I edit the same code and do something like > > > > is_readable("/path/to/the/file/filename.zip") > > > > the same code executes just fine. > > > > At first I thought the variable was some how getting over written. But it > isn't. It is just somehow the variable is not be interpolated correctly by > is_readable like a hard coded path/file name is. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > This is on Linux. And this is PHP 5.4.43 > > > >