PHP 4.0 Bug #7816: Imap + mysql fails

From: jlhaase@iland.net Operating system: Linux Redhat 6.2 PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 PHP Bug Type: IMAP related Bug description: Imap + mysql fails Opening a connection to a mysql database server before opening a connection to an imap server appears to fail. In a script that I was testing a opened a mysql database to authenticate a user to a RADIUS table before opening an imap connection for the user. The imap_open function returned something other than false, however subsequent calls to that imap connection would fail. Specifically doing... <? $db_server = "my.db.server"; $db_username = "username"; $db_password = "*****"; $mailbox = "{myimap.server.com:143}INBOX"; $imap_user = "myimapuser"; $imap_password = "myimappassword"; $mysql_connection = mysql_open($db_server, $db_username, $db_password); $mbox = imap_open($mailbox, $imap_user, $imap_password); || die("imap didn't work: " . imap_last_error()); echo "This is my imap stream: " . $mbox . "<br>"; if (imap_ping($mbox)) { echo "Imap is alive!<br>"; } else { echo "Imap is dead!<br>"; } ?> Will always result in an output of This is my imap stream: 1 (or some other number) Imap is dead! However simply reversing the order of the mysql_open and imap_open statements so that you open the imap connection first seems to allow both imap and mysql to function correctly. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7816&edit=1