note 111146 added to function.is-executable

is_executable() cannot necessarily be relied upon to return sensible results on Windows. Unlike *nix, it does not check permissions, it uses the Windows API call GetBinaryType(), which checks specifically whether the file path is a binary executable file. This means, crucially, that it will never return TRUE for batch files or other scripts that could otherwise be executed directly when called through the shell. PHP source code ref: http://lxr.php.net/xref/PHP_5_4/TSRM/tsrm_win32.c#213 GetBinaryType() documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa364819(v=vs.85).aspx ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 82.2.143.76 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-executable.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/111146 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111146 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/111146 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php