#42379 [NEW]: flush() will eat my server's memory!!

From: mika at netstock dot net Operating system: freebsd-6.2 PHP version: 5.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: flush() will eat my server's memory!! Description: ------------ when i use flush() or ob_implicit_flush() to push data to browser it will keep eating my server's memory like 4k 4k 4k......and another 4k .. and my apache is 2.0.59 Do anyone can help me!!!! Reproduce code: --------------- <? while{1){ echo "$var"; flush(); sleep(1); } ?> or <? ob_implicit_flush(1); while{1){ echo "$var"; sleep(1); } ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42379&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42379&r=mysqlcfg