PHP 4.0 Bug #5991: parse_str() failed to parse strings

From: ianm@judcom.nsw.gov.au Operating system: Win NT 4.0 workstation PHP version: 4.0.0 PHP Bug Type: Misbehaving function Bug description: parse_str() failed to parse strings For instance, if I embed the following script into PHP code: $alpha = 'beta=2&gamma=3'; parse_str($alpha); echo '|',$beta,'|',$gamma,'|'; All I see is '|||' when I view the output. (I just checked this to make sure. All my other PHP code works fine.) I have tested this both in a web page from Peer Web Server(ISAPI) and at the command prompt running a stand-alone script through php.exe - with the same result. I recently upgraded to NT service pack 6.0 - could that affect it? I am "sure" it used to work OK some weeks ago. I haven't made any changes to my php.ini file in this time. Of course, I have installed and uninstalled the odd package over this time (at least Interbase 6.0, and Windows Blinds). BTW, I didn't compile PHP, I downloaded the Win32 binaries from www.Zend.com.