#23761 [NEW]: bizarre session variable behavior only in RC4

From: php-general at pennysaverusa dot net Operating system: RedHat 7.3 PHP version: 4.3.2RC4 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: bizarre session variable behavior only in RC4 4.3.2RC3 has been working fine, but after upgrading to RC4, we are seeing some bizarre session variable behavior. semicolons (;) are showing up infront of some session variable names. e.g. an excerpt from the output of print_r ($_SESSION): [ppm] => 17.75 [;;;platecost] => 100 [;;;shipcost] => 0 [;;;printingcpm] => 15 [;;;minimum] => 15000 [allowoverrun] => 1 Reloading the page that merely does print_r ($_SESSION) causes 1 more semicolon to the afflicted variables with each reload! contents of /tmp/php/session file: agent_id|s:5:"barry";contact|s:13:"Barry J Gould";agency|s:21:"HHS Internet Services";phone|s:17:"714-577-4313 x313";adid|i:100;adindex|i:19;adname|s:44:"English and Spanish Version, 2 Sides - ocala";numsides|i:2;adtype|s:1:"I";vendorid|i:1;ppm|d:17.75;;;;platecost|d:100;;;;shipcost|d:0;;;;printingcpm|d:15;;;;minimum|i:15000;allowoverrun|i:1;overrunquantity|i:0;pubfreq|s:1:"w";pubmonth|i:1057042800; note the extra semicolons in the session file too! RC3 DOES NOT do this! ./configure --with-mysql --with-gd --with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/etc --enable-sockets apache-1.3.27-2 from RedHat's RPM /usr/sbin/httpd -DHAVE_ACCESS -DHAVE_PROXY -DHAVE_AUTH_ANON -DHAVE_ACTIONS -DHAVE_ALIAS -DHAVE_ASIS -DHAVE_AUTH -DHAVE_AUTOINDEX -DHAVE_AUTH_DB -DHAVE_AUTH_DBM -DHAVE_PHP4 -DHAVE_CERN_META -DHAVE_CGI -DHAVE_DIGEST -DHAVE_DIR -DHAVE_ENV -DHAVE_EXAMPLE -DHAVE_EXPIRES -DHAVE_HEADERS -DHAVE_IMAP -DHAVE_INCLUDE -DHAVE_INFO -DHAVE_LOG_AGENT -DHAVE_LOG_CONFIG -DHAVE_LOG_REFERER -DHAVE_MIME -DHAVE_MIME_MAGIC -DHAVE_MMAP_STATIC -DHAVE_NEGOTIATION -DHAVE_REWRITE -DHAVE_SETENVIF -DHAVE_SPELING -DHAVE_STATUS -DHAVE_UNIQUE_ID -DHAVE_USERDIR -DHAVE_USERTRACK -DHAVE_VHOST_ALIAS -DHAVE_SSL MySQL 4.0.12 SMP Server (Dual P4 Xeon) 1GB RAM Thanks, Barry Gould -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23761&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=23761&r=gnused