PHP 4.0 Bug #9917: left open Oracle cursors break mail() function

From: andrewmc@tomahawk.demon.co.uk Operating system: Sequent DYNIX/ptx 4.4.8 PHP version: 4.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Mail related Bug description: left open Oracle cursors break mail() function PHP 4.0.4 staticly compiled into Apache 1.3.14 with Oracle 7.3.4 support - configure line as follows: ./configure --without-mysql --with-apache=/usr/local/apache_1.3.14 --with-ora cle=/devuat/oracle7.3.4 --enable-track-vars --enable-sigchild Apache started with PHPRC pointed to directory containing php.ini file with following line: sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail -t -i Start Apache, run PHP script which uses mail() function...this works fine until a PHP script has been run which performs ora_* functions but does not close cursor resources. Subsequent mail() function calls result in no message and the following in the Apache error_log file: : is not an identifier This looks like stderr from /bin/sh (output below) $ strings /bin/sh|grep identif is not an identifier The following code before calls to mail() fixes the problem: for ($i=0; $i<10; $i++) ora_close ($i); Seems that unclosed cursors break mail() More info available if required. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9917&edit=1