Bug #16322 Updated: Page stops loading when processing arrays in foreach cycles inside functions

ID: 16322 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: lsro@mega.ist.utl.pt -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Arrays related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: Please provide a short, ready-to-run (ie. no external dependencies) so that we can try to reproduce it. Derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-27 16:52:26] lsro@mega.ist.utl.pt First of all, I'm running PHP 4.1.2 as a script with Apache 1.3 on Windows XP Pro. I'm only using gd2 and gettext as modules. To illustrate what is happening to me right now, suppose I got an array $authors from a database, each containing another array with two key-value pairs (aid, author.) Now, in order to print it out, I use: function listArticleAuthors() { global $authors; if ($authors) foreach($authors as $a) echo "<li><a href='author.php?id=" . $a[aid] . "'>" . $a[name] . "</a></li>"; return; } I have three or four other functions somewhat similar to this one, which iterate through other arrays. The arrays are all very small (no more than half a dozen elements each.) Now, there's no problem when I run the code below *outside* the function. There is also no problem when I'm calling only a couple of these functions. But when I call all the functions, or the same function more than once, the PHP process inexplicably goes zombie and the page stops loading. It's only when I kill the process using Task Manager that the page resumes loading as normal. There's no lost output, there is no system slowdown. I don't think I'm pushing it too hard: the PHP process just stays running using very little resources (0% processor, 2 or 3 megs.) Any idea about what could be happening? Cheers and thanks! L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16322&edit=1