[php-src] Issue #9847: Segmentation fault occurs when timezone database is corrupt

From: Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:50:00 +0000
Subject: [php-src] Issue #9847: Segmentation fault occurs when timezone database is corrupt
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Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/9847 Author: oatovar ### Description There has been a regression in PHP 8 and how it handles a corrupt timezone database. Previously, in PHP 7.4, a fatal error was produced if the timezone database became corrupt. When using PHP 8.0, a segfault occurs instead which makes it [harder to debug](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/379253). ## Reproduction steps 1. Delete the timezone information: sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/zoneinfo 1. Run the following code: `php -r 'echo date("Y");' 1. Observe that a segfault occurs instead of printing out an error message which is what occurred in PHP 7.4. Resulted in this output: ``` $ php -r 'echo date("Y");' Segmentation fault ``` But I expected this output instead: ``` $ php -r 'echo date("Y");' PHP Fatal error: date_default_timezone_get(): Timezone database is corrupt - this should *never* happen ``` ### PHP Version PHP 8.0.13 ### Operating System _No response_

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