PHP 4.0 Bug #9051: $variable = () crashes the server

From: php-bug-report@future.galanet.net Operating system: Linux 2.2 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Reproduceable crash Bug description: $variable = () crashes the server <? $x = () ?>test This code would result in a "The Document Contains No Data" page in Netscape and a Segmentation Fault error in the Apache log. gdb backtrace: #0 0x402239c1 in _zval_ptr_dtor () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #1 0x402228f4 in execute () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #2 0x4021f327 in execute () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #3 0x4021ffca in execute () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #4 0x4022bf1f in zend_execute_scripts () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #5 0x4023d634 in php_execute_script () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #6 0x40239d8f in apache_php_module_main () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #7 0x4023a740 in send_php () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #8 0x4023a77e in send_parsed_php () from /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so #9 0x8054064 in ap_invoke_handler () #10 0x8062d0c in ap_some_auth_required () #11 0x8062d68 in ap_process_request () #12 0x805ca49 in ap_child_terminate () #13 0x805cbdc in ap_child_terminate () #14 0x805ccf9 in ap_child_terminate () #15 0x805d1ab in ap_child_terminate () #16 0x805d86d in main () #17 0x400bedcc in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9051&edit=1