Doc #71064 [Com]: open($string, ZipArchive::OVERWRITE) does not create non-existing archives

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71064&edit=1

 ID:                 71064
 Comment by:         lideln at gmail dot com
 Reported by:        php at rachuth dot de
 Summary:            open($string, ZipArchive::OVERWRITE) does not create
                     non-existing archives
 Status:             Closed
 Type:               Documentation Problem
 Package:            Zip Related
 Operating System:   *
 PHP Version:        5.6.16
 Assigned To:        cmb
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Am I the only one still having an issue today with PHP 8.1?

My code:

```
$oZip = new \ZipArchive();
if (($err = $oZip->open($sFile, \ZipArchive::OVERWRITE)) !== true)
```

Does not work from time to time. It is NOT a permission issue. I can totally use `touch($sFile)` and it works perfectly.

I fixed this by using:

```
$oZip = new \ZipArchive();
if (($err = $oZip->open($sFile, \ZipArchive::CREATE | \ZipArchive::OVERWRITE)) !== true)
```

And now it seems to work properly.

Feedback appreciated :)

Best,


Previous Comments:
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[2020-02-07 06:05:45] [email protected]

Automatic comment on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=47ef5a87daa67ac1968d435ee5a48d0dc9a38d72
Log: Fix #71064: open($string, ZipArchive::OVERWRITE) does not create non-existing archives

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[2018-05-08 22:00:52] [email protected]

This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.

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[2018-05-08 22:00:02] [email protected]

Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=344995
Log: Fix #71064: open($string, ZipArchive::OVERWRITE) does not create non-existing archives

We're taking the wording from the zip_open() documentation[1], and don't
care to document that ZipArchive::OVERWRITE implied ZipArchive::CREATE
in some formerly bundled libzips.

[1] <https://libzip.org/documentation/zip_open.html>

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[2018-05-08 20:36:02] [email protected]

Since system libzip is actually preferred in the meantime[1], we
won't customize the bundled libzip anymore.  Thus, I'm switching
to doc issue.

[1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/8857161bf2936bb807ac99c991509821bf7f1100#diff-18e07cc7a4680f60b944b30302e4bfa9>

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[2016-09-05 17:13:55] [email protected]

Actually, the bundled libzip had been patched in the past due to
bug #47667, and this later has be re-done again[1]. This patch
causes different behavior with the bundled and a system libzip,
so, in my opinion, it is good that we don't patch libzip anymore.
I guess that this difference is the cause of the confusion
regarding several user notes[2].

Considering that the behavioral change is already around for
nearly 2 years (and always has been for system libzip), it might
be best to stick with the current behavior, and update the manual
appropriately.

[1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b8cdc731>
[2] <http://php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.open.php>

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