note 41936 added to function.tempnam

In the code displayed below is the race condition really a problem, since the file will be opened and truncated anyways? Or would this be an acceptable solution?: <?php /* ... */ do{ $seed = substr(md5(microtime().posix_getpid()), 0, 8); $filename = $dir . $trailing_slash . $prefix . $seed . $postfix; } while (!($fp = fopen($filename, "x"))); fclose($fp); return $filename; /* ... */ ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.tempnam.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+41936 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+41936&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+41936&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php