Bug #74185 [Com]: PHP periodically failing to populate superglobals

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74185&edit=1 ID: 74185 Comment by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Reported by: robin at willowsv dot com Summary: PHP periodically failing to populate superglobals Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: Variables related Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 7.1.2 Assigned To: ab Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: when someone tells you "It is fixed in 7.2" your response "It's not fixed. I've have 7.1.8" is just nonsense (even if we ignore that 7.1.8 is *not* the current bugfix release because PHP 7.1.9 built: Aug 31 2017 15:38:22) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-09-12 18:31:00] ab@php.net @jamwhitl please fetch any PHP 7.2 pre here http://windows.php.net/qa/ , or any latest 7.2 snapshot. Mentioned above, but just to be clear - this fix is not present and won't be in PHP 7.1 and lower. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-09-12 18:19:57] jamwhitl at cisco dot com It's not fixed. I've have 7.1.8 on two development servers and a production sever. The problem is random with, anywhere from 2 hours to a week after apache is restarted. Extensive testing has indicated the problem is with other superglobals like $_POST and $_SESSION as well. Restating Apache always resolves it, but that's not an acceptable solution in a production environment. I think this bug should be reopened, or at least a new one opened. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-09-12 17:38:09] ab@php.net It is fixed in 7.2. It would be great the pre releases could be tested therefore. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-09-12 17:08:49] a dot gurevicius at gmail dot com So, has this been fixed in any php 7 version? I've just got the same problem on Windows php 7.1.8. The $_GET superglobal is NULL, while $_REQUEST is ok. Restarting Apache solved the problem, but it keeps coming back. Is there anything that can be done? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-09-12 02:30:50] jamwhitl at cisco dot com This also happens on $_REQUEST on all versions of PHP7. I’ve been experiencing this problem since 7 came out. I’m still using 5.6.29 because of it. Windows server 2008 R2 with Apache 2.4.25/27. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74185 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74185&edit=1