#23760 [Bgs]: bizarre session variable behavior only in RC4

ID: 23760 User updated by: php-general at pennysaverusa dot net Reported By: php-general at pennysaverusa dot net Status: Bogus Bug Type: Apache related Operating System: RedHat 7.3 PHP Version: 4.3.2RC4 New Comment: Hi Sniper, I have session_auto_start ON. I didn't think that the extension was that meaningful (as is usually the case in UNIX). I made it .php for security (so no one can list the file in a browser). The docs did not seem to indicate that this would be a problem. Also, the docs now say you can use virtual with php. It does crash... "child pid 7413 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)" in apache error log. If it won't/can't be fixed, I suggest: 1. improve the documentation to say what not to do. 2. have the virtual function give a warning or error if the user does something bad. Thank you, Barry Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 23:39:00] sniper@php.net First of all, your example stuff is totally bogus. . There is no session_start() anywhere . You include pure html as php using virtual when you should be using include() Second, it never crashes, of course you don't get any core files. Third, there are easier ways to shoot yourself in leg too, but we still don't suggest you should do it. Fourth, as long as you can't provide us any example that actually has any far possibility on working and uses some sane ways on doing things, this is bogus. Phillip: virtual() might work for including php files, but the result is still unpredictable.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 20:00:24] barrygould at pennysaverusa dot net Philip, did you try the test files I linked? Thanks, Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-09 19:57:36] php-general at pennysaverusa dot net Someone changed the online docs VERY recently, however I'm sure there is a problem here. I did "ulimit -c unlimited", and then ran apache manually (with all the -DHAVEs) but no core file was produced. Thanks, Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-07 09:21:59] philip@php.net virtual() works fine on PHP files, as documented (although I can't test old versions), so I believe sniper was just mistaken and don't see anything here to document. Barry, are you sure you set the ulimit before the backtrace? That's extremely important. I'm unable to reproduce and changing back to Apache related. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-07 05:04:30] goba@php.net What sniper says is not in line with the current manual. The current manual says that as of PHP 4.0.6 virtual() can be used on PHP files. So the manual is not correct I assume. Changing this to be a doc problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 http://bugs.php.net/23760 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23760&edit=1