PHP 4.0 Bug #5072: Session startup leads to to a crash on PHP 4.0.1-dev

From: jmuscat@e-bizsolnz.com Operating system: Windows 2000 Beta 3 PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (16/06/2000) PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: Session startup leads to to a crash on PHP 4.0.1-dev I hate to be repetative but, I too have experienced the session problem on the Windows 2K platform. As soon as I initiate a session_start() (or configure session to auto start by setting session.auto_start=1). I get a crash resulting the the browser error, "Cannot find server or DNS Error ..." In each case a session file is created in the appropriate directory however nothing is written to it. ------------------------------------------------------------ My configuration is as follows: - Win2K Server - Beta 3 - PHP 4.0.1-dev (retrieved from http://va.php.net/~andi/php-4.0.1dev-Win32.zip) - Enclosed is the vital part to my php.ini file: session.save_handler = files ; handler used to store/retrieve data ; 15-06-00 JM: Changed session.save_path to point to the directory C:\WINNT\Temp ; 15-06-00 JM: session.save_path = /tmp ; argument passed to save_handler session.save_path = C:\WINNT\Temp ; argument passed to save_handler ; in the case of files, this is the ; path where data files are stored session.use_cookies = 1 ; whether to use cookies session.name = PHPSESSID ; name of the session ; is used as cookie name session.auto_start = 0 ; initialize session on request startup session.cookie_lifetime = 0 ; lifetime in seconds of cookie ; or if 0, until browser is restarted session.cookie_path = / ; the path the cookie is valid for session.cookie_domain = ; the domain the cookie is valid for session.serialize_handler = php ; handler used to serialize data ; php is the standard serializer of PHP session.gc_probability = 1 ; percentual probability that the ; 'garbage collection' process is started ; on every session initialization session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 ; after this number of seconds, stored ; data will be seen as 'garbage' and ; cleaned up by the gc process session.referer_check = ; check HTTP Referer to invalidate ; externally stored URLs containing ids session.entropy_length = 0 ; how many bytes to read from the file session.entropy_file = ; specified here to create the session id ; session.entropy_length = 16 ; session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom session.cache_limiter = nocache ; set to {nocache,private,public} to ; determine HTTP caching aspects session.cache_expire = 180 ; document expires after n minutes ------------------------------------------------------------ I have attempted the activities and have experienced the same results as those enumerated in Bug reports: 5059 and 5060. Look forward to any input, Jason