#17559 [Com]: dba_open() fails when using the db3 handler.

ID: 17559 Comment by: sverker@sics.se Reported By: oceanwave-nospam-@linkline-nospam-.com Status: Closed Bug Type: DBM/DBA related Operating System: Windows XP Professional PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: This confused me too, but "sfox" resolute(?) reply made me look again. The problem is not only with incorrect paths, but appears also when the file exists and has a non-db3 format. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-19 19:24:18] sfox@php.net Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php Thank you for your interest in PHP. I can only replicate this if I don't have the path right. Please check that you're creating the correct path to an existing directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-10 06:55:10] bugs@timj.co.uk Further to my above comment, it also does the same thing with --with-db2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-10 05:15:40] bugs@timj.co.uk Have experienced the same problem on Linux. With two i386 machines, here were our findings: Machine that fails ------------------ - Red Hat 7.2 base - Apache: 1.3.26 compiled from source - PHP: 4.2.1 compiled from source using (amongst others) --with-db3 Machine that works ------------------ - Red Hat 7.3 base - Apache: 1.3.23-14 (Red Hat binary RPM) - PHP: 4.2.1 compiled from source using (amongst others) --with-db3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-20 23:51:24] php@eli.users.panix.com I've got code that that uses dba_open() with the db3 handler and works with php4.1.2 on apache 1.3.19; yet the same code fails with php4.1.2 and apache 1.3.26. if(extension_loaded("dba")) { echo "okay - dba extension loaded<br>\n"; if(strlen($DB)) { # set in httpd.conf $dbtype = $DB; echo "okay - db is $DB<br>\n"; } else { $dbtype = "db2"; echo "okay - using db2<br>\n"; } $dbfile = "/usr/local/httpd/search/test-tuidb"; # info by tui if(file_exists($dbfile)) { echo "okay - tuidb file $dbfile found<br>\n"; $id = dba_open($dbfile, "r", $dbtype); if ($id) { echo "okay - open worked<br>\n"; $key = "tui"; if(dba_exists($key, $id)) { $keys = dba_fetch($key, $id); echo "okay - 'tui' entry is $keys<br>\n"; } else { echo "bad - no 'tui' entry found<br>\n"; } } else { echo "bad - open failed; "; echo "PHP error message: $php_errormsg<br>\n"; } } else { echo "bad - tuidb file not found<br>\n"; } } // if dba extension loaded else { echo "bad - no dba extension<br>\n"; } On the working machine: okay - dba extension loaded<br> okay - db is db3<br> okay - tuidb file /usr/local/httpd/search/test-tuidb found<br> okay - open worked<br> okay - 'tui' entry is YES OH YES On the non-working machine:okay - dba extension loaded<br> okay - db is db3<br> okay - tuidb file /usr/local/httpd/search/test-tuidb found<br> <br> <b>Warning</b>: driver initialization failed in <b>/usr/local/httpd/html/winamp/testit.html</b> on line <b>23</b><br> bad - open failed; PHP error message: <br> On both machines PHP was built with the same config options, apache was built with the same config options, the apache config files are largely the same (hostname and IP are changed), php conf files are identical. If I swap binaries and leave all the conf and html files as is, I can duplicate either situation on either machine. Here's how I configured PHP: './configure' \ '--with-db3' \ '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' \ '--with-mysql=/usr/' \ '--enable-bcmath' \ '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/conf' \ "$@" Here's how I configured Apache: ./configure \ "--with-layout=Mine" \ "--enable-module=all" \ "--enable-shared=max" \ "--with-perl=/usr/bin/perl" \ "$@" For kicks I just built PHP 4.2.1: same broken behaviour. It sure looks like something in the new apache is breaking this, but what? Why? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-01 23:37:47] oceanwave-nospam-@linkline-nospam-.com When calling dba_open on Win32 (Apache version 1.3.24) using the db3 handler, it returns the following: Warning: driver initialization failed in d:\docroot\dbawrite.php on line 2 The code is as follows (part of a news system): function loadarticledb() { return(dba_open("./nnews/articles.dbm", "c", "db3"); } The function should create articles.dbm if it doesn't exist, as stated in the docs. I have php_dba.dll included as an extension (specified in php.ini), and phpinfo()'s dba section shows that dba is enabled and the db3 handler is the only available handler. I've been working at fixing this for a very long time, and any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17559&edit=1