From dd233c07d3b848d2350c60d9b21856d8600ebaab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Vrana <vrana@php.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:22:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Files can be included even if they don't 'exist' (bug #32286)

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@184814 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
index 8e235f233b..9604d1a049 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-exists.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.file-exists">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ if (file_exists($filename)) {
     &note.clearstatcache;
 
     &tip.fopen-wrapper.stat;
+    
+    <warning>
+     <para>
+      This function returns &false; for files inaccessible due to <link
+      linkend="features.safe-mode">safe mode</link> retrictions. However these
+      files still can be <link linkend="function.include">included</link> if
+      they are located in <link
+      linkend="ini.safe-mode-include-dir">safe_mode_include_dir</link>.
+     </para>
+    </warning>
 
     <para>
      See also <function>is_readable</function>, <function>is_writable</function>,