diff --git a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_create_directory.rs b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_create_directory.rs
index b7263ff21c5..d26805d8bc6 100644
--- a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_create_directory.rs
+++ b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_create_directory.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ pub(crate) fn path_create_directory_internal(
     }
 
     let mut cur_dir_inode = working_dir.inode;
+    let mut created_directory = false;
     for comp in &path_vec {
         let processing_cur_dir_inode = cur_dir_inode.clone();
         let mut guard = processing_cur_dir_inode.write();
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ pub(crate) fn path_create_directory_internal(
                             return Err(Errno::Notdir);
                         }
                     } else {
+                        created_directory = true;
                         state.fs_create_dir(&adjusted_path)?;
                     }
                     let kind = Kind::Dir {
@@ -160,5 +162,9 @@ pub(crate) fn path_create_directory_internal(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    if created_directory {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(Errno::Exist)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_remove_directory.rs b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_remove_directory.rs
index d6ac9e67f76..2fc0fe2fecf 100644
--- a/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_remove_directory.rs
+++ b/lib/wasix/src/syscalls/wasi/path_remove_directory.rs
@@ -47,58 +47,125 @@ pub(crate) fn path_remove_directory_internal(
     path: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Errno> {
     let env = ctx.data();
-    let (memory, mut state, inodes) = unsafe { env.get_memory_and_wasi_state_and_inodes(&ctx, 0) };
+    let (memory, state, inodes) = unsafe { env.get_memory_and_wasi_state_and_inodes(&ctx, 0) };
+    let working_dir = state.fs.get_fd(fd)?;
 
-    let inode = state.fs.get_inode_at_path(inodes, fd, path, false)?;
-    let (parent_inode, childs_name) =
-        state
-            .fs
-            .get_parent_inode_at_path(inodes, fd, std::path::Path::new(&path), false)?;
-
-    let host_path_to_remove = {
-        let guard = inode.read();
-        match guard.deref() {
-            Kind::Dir { entries, path, .. } => {
-                if !entries.is_empty() || state.fs_read_dir(path)?.count() != 0 {
-                    return Err(Errno::Notempty);
-                }
-                path.clone()
-            }
-            Kind::Root { .. } => return Err(Errno::Access),
-            _ => return Err(Errno::Notdir),
-        }
-    };
+    let path = std::path::PathBuf::from(path);
+    let path_vec = path
+        .components()
+        .map(|comp| {
+            comp.as_os_str()
+                .to_str()
+                .map(|inner_str| inner_str.to_string())
+                .ok_or(Errno::Inval)
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<String>, Errno>>()?;
+    if path_vec.is_empty() {
+        trace!("path vector is invalid (its empty)");
+        return Err(Errno::Inval);
+    }
 
-    {
-        let mut guard = parent_inode.write();
+    let (child, parent) = path_vec.split_last().unwrap();
+
+    // if path only contains one component (the root), operation is not permitted
+    if child.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Errno::Access);
+    }
+
+    let mut cur_dir_inode = working_dir.inode;
+    for comp in path_vec.iter() {
+        let processing_cur_dir_inode = cur_dir_inode.clone();
+        let mut guard = processing_cur_dir_inode.write();
         match guard.deref_mut() {
             Kind::Dir {
-                ref mut entries, ..
+                ref mut entries,
+                path,
+                parent,
             } => {
-                let removed_inode = entries.remove(&childs_name).ok_or(Errno::Inval)?;
+                match comp.borrow() {
+                    ".." => {
+                        if let Some(p) = parent.upgrade() {
+                            cur_dir_inode = p;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    "." => continue,
+                    _ => (),
+                }
+                if let Some(child) = entries.get(comp) {
+                    cur_dir_inode = child.clone();
+                } else {
+                    let parent_path = path.clone();
+                    let mut adjusted_path = path.clone();
+                    drop(guard);
+
+                    // TODO: double check this doesn't risk breaking the sandbox
+                    adjusted_path.push(comp);
+                    if let Ok(adjusted_path_stat) = path_filestat_get_internal(
+                        &memory,
+                        state,
+                        inodes,
+                        fd,
+                        0,
+                        &adjusted_path.to_string_lossy(),
+                    ) {
+                        if adjusted_path_stat.st_filetype != Filetype::Directory {
+                            trace!("path is not a directory");
+                            return Err(Errno::Notdir);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(Errno::Noent);
+                    }
+                    let kind = Kind::Dir {
+                        parent: cur_dir_inode.downgrade(),
+                        path: adjusted_path,
+                        entries: Default::default(),
+                    };
+                    let new_inode = state
+                        .fs
+                        .create_inode(inodes, kind, false, comp.to_string())?;
 
-                // TODO: make this a debug assert in the future
-                assert!(inode.ino() == removed_inode.ino());
+                    // reborrow to insert
+                    {
+                        let mut guard = cur_dir_inode.write();
+                        if let Kind::Dir {
+                            ref mut entries, ..
+                        } = guard.deref_mut()
+                        {
+                            entries.insert(comp.to_string(), new_inode.clone());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    cur_dir_inode = new_inode;
+                }
+            }
+            Kind::Root { .. } => {
+                trace!("the root node can no create a directory");
+                return Err(Errno::Access);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                trace!("path is not a directory");
+                return Err(Errno::Notdir);
             }
-            Kind::Root { .. } => return Err(Errno::Access),
-            _ => unreachable!(
-                "Internal logic error in wasi::path_remove_directory, parent is not a directory"
-            ),
         }
     }
 
-    let env = ctx.data();
-    let (memory, mut state, inodes) = unsafe { env.get_memory_and_wasi_state_and_inodes(&ctx, 0) };
-    if let Err(err) = state.fs_remove_dir(host_path_to_remove) {
-        // reinsert to prevent FS from being in bad state
-        let mut guard = parent_inode.write();
-        if let Kind::Dir {
-            ref mut entries, ..
-        } = guard.deref_mut()
-        {
-            entries.insert(childs_name, inode);
+    if let Kind::Dir {
+        parent,
+        path: child_path,
+        entries,
+    } = cur_dir_inode.write().deref_mut()
+    {
+        let parent = parent.upgrade().ok_or(Errno::Noent)?;
+
+        if let Kind::Dir { entries, .. } = parent.write().deref_mut() {
+            let child_inode = entries.remove(child).ok_or(Errno::Noent)?;
+
+            if let Err(e) = state.fs_remove_dir(&child_path) {
+                tracing::warn!(path = ?child_path, error = ?e, "failed to remove directory");
+            }
         }
-        return Err(err);
+
+        drop(parent)
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/resources/php/db/.ht.sqlite b/tests/integration/cli/resources/php/db/.ht.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb821a6c547
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diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/resources/php/test.php b/tests/integration/cli/resources/php/test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7302b54d23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/cli/resources/php/test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
+    $sqlite = new SQLite3('/db/.ht.sqlite');
+
+    $result = @$sqlite->query("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table'");
+
+    if ($result) {
+        $sqlite->close();
+    } else {
+        echo "1";
+        exit(1);
+    };
+}
+
+echo "0"
+?>
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/src/fixtures.rs b/tests/integration/cli/src/fixtures.rs
index 7f047852b61..9beec7c73ef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cli/src/fixtures.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/cli/src/fixtures.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::{asset_path, c_asset_path};
 
+pub fn php() -> (PathBuf, PathBuf, PathBuf) {
+    let root = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let resources = root.join("resources").join("php");
+    (
+        root.join("tests").join("wasm").join("php.wasm"),
+        resources.clone(),
+        resources.join("db"),
+    )
+}
+
 /// A WEBC file containing the Python interpreter, compiled to WASI.
 pub fn python() -> PathBuf {
     c_asset_path().join("python-0.1.0.wasmer")
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/tests/run.rs b/tests/integration/cli/tests/run.rs
index e02d29a0aa1..d2b1f8c01b1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cli/tests/run.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/cli/tests/run.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ use predicates::str::contains;
 use rand::Rng;
 use reqwest::{blocking::Client, IntoUrl};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
-use wasmer_integration_tests_cli::{asset_path, fixtures, get_wasmer_path};
+use wasmer_integration_tests_cli::{
+    asset_path,
+    fixtures::{self, php},
+    get_wasmer_path,
+};
 
 const HTTP_GET_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 
@@ -43,6 +47,26 @@ static CACHE_RUST_LOG: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
     .join(",")
 });
 
+#[test]
+fn run_php_with_sqlite() {
+    let (php_wasm, app_dir, db) = php();
+
+    let output = Command::new(get_wasmer_path())
+        .arg("-q")
+        .arg("run")
+        .arg(php_wasm)
+        .arg("--mapdir")
+        .arg(format!("/db:{}", db.display()))
+        .arg("--mapdir")
+        .arg(format!("/app:{}", app_dir.display()))
+        .arg("--")
+        .arg("/app/test.php")
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(output.stdout, "0".as_bytes().to_vec());
+}
+
 /// Ignored on Windows because running vendored packages does not work
 /// since Windows does not allow `::` characters in filenames (every other OS does)
 ///
diff --git a/tests/integration/cli/tests/wasm/php.wasm b/tests/integration/cli/tests/wasm/php.wasm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d7210e9201
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diff --git a/tests/wasi-fyi/test.sh b/tests/wasi-fyi/test.sh
index 20f586139b0..5d5214b7b24 100755
--- a/tests/wasi-fyi/test.sh
+++ b/tests/wasi-fyi/test.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ bash build.sh
 status=0
 
 # Define skip list as an array
-SKIP_LIST=("fs_create_dir-existing-directory.wasm")
+SKIP_LIST=()
 
 # List and process .foo files
 for file in *.wasm; do