#26381 [Opn->Fbk]: rand() without srand() doesn't work with certain php.ini

ID: 26381 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: spam at vrana dot cz -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4CVS-2003-12-2 New Comment: Not enough information was provided for us to be able to handle this bug. Please re-read the instructions at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php If you can provide more information, feel free to add it to this bug and change the status back to "Open". Thank you for your interest in PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-02 13:10:29] spam at vrana dot cz Everything is written on http://bugs.php.net/?id=26381. It seems that by some problem in processing php.ini is caused that "rand() without srand() doesn't work". It's most probably only side-effect of something wrong (like buffer-overflow). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-02 12:51:13] sniper@php.net What problem? How can we reproduce this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-02 11:18:28] spam at vrana dot cz Yes. The problem occurs also with CVS snapshot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-02 11:04:40] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-12-02 10:57:15] spam at vrana dot cz I can't believe myself, the problem is caused by something completely different. I discovered that the problem occurs only under this circumstances: 1. Lines in php.ini file ends by CRLF. 2. Windows Extensions part in php.ini is longer than 503 characters (including new-lines). I don't know what is it but it looks like buffer overflow or something like that. So the problem is probably in php-src/main/php_ini.c or somewhere near. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/26381 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26381&edit=1