#35159 [NEW]: big variable value in recursive function crashes

From: pekka at photography-on-the dot net Operating system: Windows XP Pro (also unix) PHP version: 4.4.1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: big variable value in recursive function crashes Description: ------------ Weird recursive issue with 4.4.1 function test_recursive ($count=0) { $count++; if ($count >= 50) { print "done"; return; } test_recursive ($count); } test_recursive(); works, but when $count is larger than 197 it crashes (Apache gives error 500) in PHP 5.0.4 this works ok with any $count Reproduce code: --------------- function test_recursive ($count=0) { $count++; if ($count >= 500) { print "done"; return; } test_recursive ($count); } test_recursive(); Expected result: ---------------- done Actual result: -------------- Server: page not found (error 500), php crash. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35159&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35159&r=mysqlcfg