Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #6386 Updated: spaces inserted randomly into echo "some text" 's

no its no longer happening with the 4.0.3 release Cheers On 9 Nov 2000, Bug Database wrote: > ID: 6386 > Updated by: sniper > Reported By: lalexand@cit.nepean.uws.edu.au > Status: Feedback > Bug Type: *General Issues > Assigned To: > Comments: > > Is this still happening with latest snapshot from > http://snaps.php.net ?? > > --Jani > > Previous Comments: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2000-08-28 01:58:14] hholzgra@php.net > more info from user feedback > > SAPI: CGI > > configure > -------------------------------------------------------- > './configure' > '--prefix=/usr/local/apps/php-4.0.1pl2' > '--with-mysql=/usr/local/apps/mysql-3.22.32' > '--with-config-file-path=/local/apps/apache/conf/php4.ini' > '--with-iodbc=/usr/local/apps/libiodbc' > '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' > '--with-imap=../imap-4.7c' > '--with-ldap=/usr/local/apps/openldap' > '--disable-debug' > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > php.ini > -------------------------------------------------------- > > [PHP] > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; About this file ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; > ; This is the 'optimized', PHP 4-style version of the php.ini-dist file. > ; For general information about the php.ini file, please consult the php.ini-dist > ; file, included in your PHP distribution. > ; > ; This file is different from the php.ini-dist file in the fact that it features > ; different values for several directives, in order to improve performance, while > ; possibly breaking compatibility with the standard out-of-the-box behavior of > ; PHP 3. Please make sure you read what's different, and modify your scripts > ; accordingly, if you decide to use this file instead (which is recommended!) > ; > ; - allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off > ; It's not possible to decide to force a variable to be passed by reference > ; when calling a function. The PHP 4 style to do this is by making the > ; function require the relevant argument by reference. > ; - register_globals = Off > ; Global variables are no longer registered for input data (POST, GET, cookies, > ; environment and other server variables). Instead of using $foo, you must use > ; $HTTP_POST_VARS["foo"], $HTTP_GET_VARS["foo"], > $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["foo"], > ; $HTTP_ENV_VARS["foo"] or $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["foo"], depending on which > kind > ; of input source you're expecting 'foo' to come from. > ; - register_argc_argv = Off > ; Disables registration of the somewhat redundant $argv and $argc global > ; variables. > ; - magic_quotes_gpc = Off > ; Input data is no longer escaped with slashes so that it can be sent into > ; SQL databases without further manipulation. Instead, you should use the > ; function addslashes() on each input element you wish to send to a database. > ; - variables_order = "GPCS" > ; The environment variables are not hashed into the $HTTP_ENV_VARS[]. To access > ; environment variables, you can use getenv() instead. > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Language Options ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > engine = On ; Enable the PHP scripting language engine under > Apache > short_open_tag = On ; allow the <? tag. otherwise, only <?php and > <DEFANGED_script> tags > are recognized. > asp_tags = Off ; allow ASP-style <% %> tags > precision = 14 ; number of significant digits displayed in floating > point numbers > y2k_compliance = Off ; whether to be year 2000 compliant (will cause problems > with non y2k compliant browsers) > output_buffering = Off ; Output buffering allows you to send header lines > (including cookies) > ; even after you send body content, > in the price of slowing PHP's > ; output layer a bit. > ; You can enable output buffering by > in runtime by calling the output > ; buffering functions, or enable > output buffering for all files > ; by setting this directive to On. > implicit_flush = Off ; Implicit flush tells PHP to tell the output layer to flush > itself > ; automatically after every output > block. This is equivalent to > ; calling the PHP function flush() > after each and every call to print() > ; or echo() and each and every HTML > block. > ; Turning this option on has serious > performance implications, and > ; is generally recommended for > debugging purposes only. > allow_call_time_pass_reference = Off ; whether to enable the ability to force arguments > to be > ; passed by > reference at function-call time. This method > ; is > deprecated, and is likely to be unsupported in future > ; versions > of PHP/Zend. The encouraged method of specifying > ; which > arguments should be passed by reference is in the > ; function > declaration. You're encouraged to try and > ; turn this > option Off, and make sure your scripts work > ; properly > with it, to ensure they will work with future > ; versions > of the language (you will receive a warning > ; each time > you use this feature, and the argument will > ; be passed > by value instead of by reference). > > ; Safe Mode > safe_mode = Off > safe_mode_exec_dir = > safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_ ; Setting certain > environment variables > > ; > may be a potential security breach. > > ; > This directive contains a comma-delimited > > ; > list of prefixes. In Safe Mode, the > > ; > user may only alter environment > > ; > variables whose names begin with the > > ; > prefixes supplied here. > > ; > By default, users will only be able > > ; > to set environment variables that begin > > ; > with PHP_ (e.g. PHP_FOO=BAR). > > ; > Note: If this directive is empty, PHP > > ; > will let the user modify ANY environment > > ; > variable! > safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH ; This directive contains a comma- > > ; > delimited list of environment variables, > > ; > that the end user won't be able to > > ; > change using putenv(). > > ; > These variables will be protected > > ; > even if safe_mode_allowed_env_vars is > > ; > set to allow to change them. > > ; Colors for Syntax Highlighting mode. Anything that's acceptable in <font > color=???> would > work. > highlight.string = #DD0000 > highlight.comment = #FF8000 > highlight.keyword = #007700 > highlight.bg = #FFFFFF > highlight.default = #0000BB > highlight.html = #000000 > > ; Misc > expose_php = On ; Decides whether PHP may expose the fact that it is > installed on the > ; server (e.g., by adding its signature to > the Web server header). > ; It is no security threat in any way, but > it makes it possible > ; to determine whether you use PHP on your > server or not. > > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Resource Limits ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds (UNIX only) > memory_limit = 8388608 ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB) > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Error handling and logging ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; error_reporting is a bit-field. Or each number up to get desired error reporting level > ; E_ALL - All errors and warnings > ; E_ERROR - fatal run-time errors > ; E_WARNING - run-time warnings (non fatal errors) > ; E_PARSE - compile-time parse errors > ; E_NOTICE - run-time notices (these are warnings which often result > from a bug in > ; your code, but it's possible that it was > intentional (e.g., using an > ; uninitialized variable and relying on the fact > it's automatically > ; initialized to an empty string) > ; E_CORE_ERROR - fatal errors that occur during PHP's initial startup > ; E_CORE_WARNING - warnings (non fatal errors) that occur during PHP's initial > startup > ; E_COMPILE_ERROR - fatal compile-time errors > ; E_COMPILE_WARNING - compile-time warnings (non fatal errors) > ; E_USER_ERROR - user-generated error message > ; E_USER_WARNING - user-generated warning message > ; E_USER_NOTICE - user-generated notice message > ; Examples: > ; error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE ; show all > errors, except for notices > ; error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR ; show only errors > error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE ; Show all errors except for > notices > display_errors = On ; Print out errors (as a part of the HTML script) > log_errors = Off ; Log errors into a log file (server-specific log, > stderr, or error_log (below)) > track_errors = Off ; Store the last error/warning message in $php_errormsg > (boolean) > ;error_prepend_string = "<font color=ff0000>" ; string to output before an > error message > ;error_append_string = "</font>" ; string to output after an > error message > ;error_log = filename ; log errors to specified file > ;error_log = syslog ; log errors to syslog (Event Log on NT, not valid > in Windows 95) > warn_plus_overloading = Off ; warn if the + operator is used with > strings > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Data Handling ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > variables_order = "GPCS" ; This directive describes the order in which > PHP > registers > ; GET, POST, Cookie, > Environment and Built-in variables (G, P, > ; C, E & S respectively, > often referred to as EGPCS or GPC). > ; Registration is done from > left to right, newer values override > ; older values. > register_globals = Off ; Whether or not to register the EGPCS > variables as global > ; variables. You may want > to turn this off if you don't want > ; to clutter your scripts' > global scope with user data. This makes > ; most sense when coupled > with track_vars - in which case you can > ; access all of the GPC > variables through the $HTTP_*_VARS[], > ; variables. > register_argc_argv = Off ; This directive tells PHP whether to > declare the argv&argc > ; variables (that would > contain the GET information). If you > ; don't use these > variables, > you should turn it off for > ; increased performance > track_vars = On ; enable the $HTTP_*_VARS[] arrays, > where * is one of > ; ENV, POST, GET, COOKIE or > SERVER. > gpc_order = "GPC" ; This directive is deprecated. Use > variables_order instead. > > ; Magic quotes > magic_quotes_gpc = Off ; magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie > data > magic_quotes_runtime= Off ; magic quotes for runtime-generated data, e.g. data > from SQL, from exec(), etc. > magic_quotes_sybase = Off ; Use Sybase-style magic quotes (escape ' > with '' instead of ') > > ; automatically add files before or after any PHP document > auto_prepend_file = > auto_append_file = > > ; As of 4.0b4, PHP always outputs a character encoding by default in > ; the Content-type: header. To disable sending of the charset, simply > ; set it to be empty. > ; PHP's built-in default is text/html > default_mimetype = "text/html" > ;default_charset = "iso-8859-1" > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Paths and Directories ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > include_path = ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2" Windows: > "path1;path2" > doc_root = ; the root of the php pages, > used only if nonempty > user_dir = ; the directory under which > php opens the script using /~username, used only if nonempty > ;upload_tmp_dir = ; temporary directory for HTTP uploaded files (will > use system default if not specified) > upload_max_filesize = 2097152 ; 2 Meg default limit on file uploads > extension_dir = ./ ; directory in which the loadable > extensions (modules) reside > > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Dynamic Extensions ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; if you wish to have an extension loaded automaticly, use the > ; following syntax: extension=modulename.extension > ; for example, on windows, > ; extension=msql.dll > ; or under UNIX, > ; extension=msql.so > ; Note that it should be the name of the module only, no directory information > ; needs to go here. Specify the location of the extension with the extension_dir directive > above. > > > ;Windows Extensions > ;extension=php_mysql.dll > ;extension=php_nsmail.dll > ;extension=php_calendar.dll > ;extension=php_dbase.dll > ;extension=php_filepro.dll > ;extension=php_gd.dll > ;extension=php_dbm.dll > ;extension=php_mssql.dll > ;extension=php_zlib.dll > ;extension=php_filepro.dll > ;extension=php_imap4r2.dll > ;extension=php_ldap.dll > ;extension=php_crypt.dll > ;extension=php_msql2.dll > ;extension=php_odbc.dll > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; Module Settings ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > [Syslog] > define_syslog_variables = Off ; Whether or not to define the various syslog variables, > ; e.g. $LOG_PID, $LOG_CRON, > etc. Turning it off is a > ; good idea > performance-wise. In runtime, you can define > ; these variables by calling > define_syslog_variables() > > > [mail function] > SMTP = localhost ;for win32 only > sendmail_from = me@localhost.com ;for win32 only > ;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply > arguments as well (default is sendmail -t) > > [Debugger] > debugger.host = localhost > debugger.port = 7869 > debugger.enabled = False > > [Logging] > ; These configuration directives are used by the example logging mechanism. > ; See examples/README.logging for more explanation. > ;logging.method = db > ;logging.directory = /path/to/log/directory > > [SQL] > sql.safe_mode = Off > > [ODBC] > ;uodbc.default_db = Not yet implemented > ;uodbc.default_user = Not yet implemented > ;uodbc.default_pw = Not yet implemented > uodbc.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent links > uodbc.check_persistent = On ; check that a connection is still validbefore reuse > uodbc.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no > limit > uodbc.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > uodbc.defaultlrl = 4096 ; Handling of LONG fields. Returns number of bytes > to variables, 0 means passthru > uodbc.defaultbinmode = 1 ; Handling of binary data. 0 means passthru, 1 > return as is, 2 convert to char > ; See the documentation on odbc_binmode and odbc_longreadlen for an explanation of > uodbc.defaultlrl > ; and uodbc.defaultbinmode > > [MySQL] > mysql.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > mysql.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no > limit > mysql.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > mysql.default_port = ; default port number for mysql_connect(). > If unset, > ; mysql_connect() will use > the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT, or the mysql-tcp > ; entry in /etc/services, or > the compile-time defined MYSQL_PORT > ; (in that order). Win32 > will only look at MYSQL_PORT. > mysql.default_host = ; default host for mysql_connect() > (doesn't > apply in safe mode) > mysql.default_user = ; default user for mysql_connect() > (doesn't > apply in safe mode) > mysql.default_password = ; default password for mysql_connect() (doesn't > apply in safe mode) > ; Note that this is > generally a *bad* idea to store passwords > ; in this file. *Any* user > with PHP access can run > ; 'echo > cfg_get_var("mysql.default_password")' and reveal that > ; password! And of course, > any users with read access to this > ; file will be able to > reveal the password as well. > > [mSQL] > msql.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > msql.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 > means no limit > msql.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > > [PostgresSQL] > pgsql.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > pgsql.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no > limit > pgsql.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > > [Sybase] > sybase.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > sybase.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no > limit > sybase.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > ;sybase.interface_file = "/usr/sybase/interfaces" > sybase.min_error_severity = 10 ; minimum error severity to display > sybase.min_message_severity = 10 ; minimum message severity to display > sybase.compatability_mode = Off ; compatability mode with old versions of PHP 3.0. > ; If on, this will > cause PHP to automatically assign types to results > ; according to their > Sybase type, instead of treating them all as > ; strings. This > compatability mode will probably not stay around > ; forever, so try > applying whatever necessary changes to your code, > ; and turn it off. > > [Sybase-CT] > sybct.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > sybct.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 > means no limit > sybct.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links > (persistent+non persistent). -1 means no limit > sybct.min_server_severity = 10 ; minimum server message severity to display > sybct.min_client_severity = 10 ; minimum client message severity to display > > [bcmath] > bcmath.scale = 0 ; number of decimal digits for all bcmath functions > > [browscap] > ;browscap = extra/browscap.ini > > [Informix] > ifx.default_host = ; default host for ifx_connect() (doesn't > apply in safe mode) > ifx.default_user = ; default user for ifx_connect() (doesn't > apply in safe mode) > ifx.default_password = ; default password for ifx_connect() > (doesn't apply in safe mode) > ifx.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > ifx.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 > means no limit > ifx.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links (persistent+non > persistent). -1 means no limit > ifx.textasvarchar = 0 ; if set on, select statements return the > contents of a text blob instead of it's id > ifx.byteasvarchar = 0 ; if set on, select statements return the > contents of a byte blob instead of it's id > ifx.charasvarchar = 0 ; trailing blanks are stripped from > fixed-length char columns. May help the life > ; of Informix SE users. > ifx.blobinfile = 0 ; if set on, the contents of text&byte > blobs > are dumped to a file instead of > ; keeping them in memory > ifx.nullformat = 0 ; NULL's are returned as empty strings, > unless this is set to 1. In that case, > ; NULL's are returned as string > 'NULL'. > > [Session] > session.save_handler = files ; handler used to store/retrieve data > session.save_path = /tmp ; 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 > > [MSSQL] > ;extension=php_mssql.dll > mssql.allow_persistent = On ; allow or prevent persistent link > mssql.max_persistent = -1 ; maximum number of persistent links. -1 > means no limit > mssql.max_links = -1 ; maximum number of links > (persistent+non persistent). -1 means no limit > mssql.min_error_severity = 10 ; minimum error severity to display > mssql.min_message_severity = 10 ; minimum message severity to display > mssql.compatability_mode = Off ; compatability mode with old versions of PHP 3.0. > > [Assertion] > ;assert.active = Off ; assert(expr); does nothing by > default > ;assert.warning = On ; issue a PHP warning for each > failed assertion. > ;assert.bail = Off ; don't bail out by default. > ;assert.callback = 0 ; user-function to be called if an > assertion fails. > ;assert.quiet_eval = 0 ; eval the expression with current > error_reporting(). set to true if you want error_reporting(0) around the eval(). > > ; Local Variables: > ; tab-width: 4 > ; End: > ----------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. 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