fix: check if defined WRITEPATH exists (#9317)

* fix: check if defined WRITEPATH exists

* cs fix

* Update system/Boot.php

Co-authored-by: Pooya Parsa <[email protected]>

* cs fix

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Co-authored-by: Pooya Parsa <[email protected]>

Author: michalsn

system/Boot.php

@@ -196,7 +196,16 @@ protected static function definePathConstants(Paths $paths): void
 
         // The path to the writable directory.
         if (! defined('WRITEPATH')) {
-            define('WRITEPATH', realpath(rtrim($paths->writableDirectory, '\\/ ')) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+            $writePath = realpath(rtrim($paths->writableDirectory, '\\/ '));
+
+            if ($writePath === false) {
+                header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable.', true, 503);
+                echo 'The WRITEPATH is not set correctly.';
+
+                // EXIT_ERROR is not yet defined
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            define('WRITEPATH', $writePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         }
 
         // The path to the tests directory