file_exists() and safe_mode

Hi all, I'm afraid that recent changes in filestat.c [1] that were meant to fix a bug [2] with file_exists() also altered the behaviour of is_readable(). According to the docs [3] [4], is_readable should *not* take safe_mode limitations into account, whereas file_exists should do. <?php print PHP_VERSION . "\n"; var_dump(ini_get('safe_mode')); var_dump(file_exists('/etc/hosts')); var_dump(is_readable('/etc/hosts')); ?> mp@dev:~$ php bug.php 5.1.6 string(0) "" bool(true) bool(true) mp@dev:~$ php -d safe_mode=1 bug.php 5.1.6 string(1) "1" bool(false) bool(false) Is this intended behaviour? If not, I'd be glad to file it as a bug. Kind regards, mp. [1] http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/filestat.c [2] http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37987 [3] http://de2.php.net/manual/en/function.is-readable.php [4] http://de2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php