PHP 4.0 Bug #8959: Use of Zend Optimizer w/ CGI SAPI causes echo of #!php at script start

From: pdoyle@xo.com Operating system: Solaris 2.5.1 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Bug description: Use of Zend Optimizer w/ CGI SAPI causes echo of #!php at script start I have compiled and installed PHP 4.0.4pl1 without problems, and we run it as an external binary from our Web server (SAPI CGI). However, when I install the current Zend Optimizer and add the appropriate lines to the php.ini file: zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15 zend_extension="/usr/runtime/src/lib/ZendOptimizer.so" it now spits out the first line of any script the server runs, i.e., for a script such as: #!.php <? echo "Hello, world.<BR>"; ?> it will produce as HTML output: #!.php Hello, world. I have checked to make sure that it's only these lines in the php.ini file -- when they are removed, it works fine. Please note that I had already seen bug #8898 (where this problem occurred for -anyone- using the SAPI CGI) and made the diff suggested by that author, which fixed the problem when I wasn't using the optimizer. I suspect that use of the optimizer is sending the CGI SAPI down a different path to a similar bug but I haven't been able to track it down. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8959&edit=1