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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:08:24 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Modify tempnam() to handle directories and auto-cleanup
From: theanomaly.is@gmail.com (Sherif Ramadan)

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:

> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/request-tempnam
>
> Just a bit of hand-holding for those who don't remember to clean up
> their messes.
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While I don't think there's anything wrong with this feature, I'm also
wondering if maybe people that need this should be using tmpfile() instead?
I understand they do slightly different things (in that one gives you an
actual file name the other gives you a file handle), but I normally don't
need or care about the file name if I expect my temporary file to live and
die with the request.

Things I usually use tempnam() for are usually things that get born with
the request and don't necessarily die with it, like binary storage that's
tied to the session (temporary file uploads that might be moved later or
deleted).

But I don't see any harm in adding this either.

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