Phar::isWritable

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)

Phar::isWritable — Returns true if the phar archive can be modified

Description

public Phar::isWritable(): bool

This method returns true if phar.readonly is 0, and the actual phar archive on disk is not read-only.

Parameters

No parameters.

Return Values

Returns true if the phar archive can be modified

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kristof dot coomans at telenet dot be ¶

15 years ago

It might be not expected, but this function will return true if the file does not exist yet even if the directory is read-only. Tested on PHP 5.3.0 RC 1.

I have buffering on and when I call stopBuffering() then the "failed to open stream: Permission denied" PharException will be thrown.