From 83c244195c6db71fdff28f650776c56ee94eda79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nuno Lopes <nlopess@php.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:44:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix #27134 php dont cache info about non-existent files

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@150588 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/filesystem/functions/clearstatcache.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/clearstatcache.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/clearstatcache.xml
index ebc7adf46c..e0e22b10af 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/clearstatcache.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/clearstatcache.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.6 $ -->
 <!-- split from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.clearstatcache">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
      <function>clearstatcache</function> function to clear the information
      that PHP caches about a file. 
     </para>
+    <para>
+     You should also note that PHP don't cache information about non-existent
+     files. So, if you call <function>file_exists</function> on a file that
+     doesn't exist, it will return &false; untill you create the file. If you
+     create the file, it will return &true; even if you then delete the file.
+    </para>
     <note>
      <para>
        This function caches information about specific filenames, so you only