Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #5328: Unable to run php 4.0.1 or 4.0.1pl2 as CGI-BIN

What Web server are you using? It appears as if PHP's discard_path feature is not compatible with. Try configuring PHP without it, and the problem should go away. If it does, please send us an .html attachment of a phpinfo() call on one of your scripts, so we can try to figure out how to make the discard_path feature work properly with your Web server. Zeev On 2 Jul 2000 ying@zippydesign.com wrote: > From: ying@zippydesign.com > Operating system: Redhat Linux 6.0 > PHP version: 4.0.1pl2 > PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem > Bug description: Unable to run php 4.0.1 or 4.0.1pl2 as CGI-BIN > > I compiled PHP 4.0.1 and PHP 4.0.1pl2 as a CGI bin, but every time I access a .php page I see: > > Parse error: parse error in /home/httpd/cgi-bin/php on line 314 > > Even a simple <? echo "Hi" ?> script will cause this error, > whereas with PHP 4.0.0 compiled with the same settings and using the same php.ini file, things > were working. > > The configure switches used were: > > ./configure \ > --disable-debug \ > --enable-force-cgi-redirect \ > --enable-discard-path \ > --enable-track-vars \ > --enable-magic-quotes \ > --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/conf \ > --enable-bcmath \ > --with-imap \ > --with-mysql \ > --with-pdflib=/usr/local \ > --with-gdbm > > I used the php.ini-optimized file and made some changes, output from diff -b php.ini-optimized > /etc/httpd/conf/php.ini shown below: > > 96,103d95 > < > < disable_functions = ; > This direc > tive allows you to disable certain > < > ; > functions for security reasons. It receives > < > ; > a comma separated list of function names. > < > ; > This directive is *NOT* affected by whether > < > ; > Safe Mode is turned on or off. > < > < > 124c116 > < max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds > --- > > max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds (UNIX > > only) > 150c142 > < error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE ; Show all errors except > for notices > --- > > error_reporting = E_ALL ; Show all errors except for notices > 164c156 > < variables_order = "GPCS" ; This directive describes the > order in which PHP re > gisters > --- > > variables_order = "EGPCS" ; This directive describes the > > order in which PHP re > gisters > 169c161 > < register_globals = Off ; Whether or not to register the EGPCS > variables as > global > --- > > register_globals = On ; Whether or not to register the EGPCS > > variables as > global > 175c167 > < register_argc_argv = Off ; This directive tells PHP whether to > declare the ar > gv&argc > --- > > register_argv_argc = Off ; This directive tells PHP whether to > > declare the ar > gv&argc > 184c176 > < magic_quotes_gpc = Off ; magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie > data > --- > > magic_quotes_gpc = On ; magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie > > data > 189,190c181,182 > < auto_prepend_file = > < auto_append_file = > --- > > auto_prepend_file = /home/httpd/apache/auto_prepend.inc > > auto_append_file = /home/httpd/apache/auto_append.inc > 208,211d199 > < enable_dl = On ; Whether or not to enable the dl() > function > . > < ; The dl() function > does NOT > properly work in multithreaded > < ; servers, such as > IIS or Ze > us, and is automatically disabled > < ; on them. > 295,296d282 > < mysql.default_socket = ; default socket name for local MySQL connects. If > empty, u > ses the built-in > < > > Again, with the same ./configure switches and the same php.ini file, everything works with PHP > 4.0.0, but not with 4.0.1 or 4.0.1pl2. > > > > -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/