[PHP-NOTES] note 130686 added to function.is-writable

[email protected] ("[email protected]") Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:17:15 +0000
Newsgroups php.notes
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I've encountered an unexpected issue: even though the directory allows writing files, it keeps returning false.

```
$a = 'C:/Users/*/OneDrive/work/www/';
$b = "{$a}admin/";
var_dump($a);
var_dump(is_writable($a));
var_dump($b);
var_dump(is_dir($b));
var_dump(is_writable($b));
var_dump(file_put_contents($b.'test.txt','hello'));
```

- string 'C:/Users/*/OneDrive/work/www/' (length=33)
- boolean true
- string 'C:/Users/*/OneDrive/work/www/admin/' (length=39)
- boolean true
- boolean false
- int 5
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Edit        -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/130686
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Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130686/non-english
Del: in docs     -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/130686/in+docs
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