Bug #11826: Custom sessions handler using Metabase calls crashes Apache

From: aral@aralbalkan.com Operating system: WinMe, Linux PHP version: 4.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: Custom sessions handler using Metabase calls crashes Apache This error has been reproduced on WinMe running Apache 1.3.19, PHP 4.04, MySQL 3.23.37 and Linux running Apache 1.3.12, PHP 4.0.3pl1, MySQL 3.23.6. When a custom session handler is set up that points to functions that use Manuel Lemos' Metabase database abstraction library to save session information in a database, Apace crashes randomly. When it does not crash, the code works as it is supposed to. For code necessary to recreate problem please download this file: http://www.aralbalkan.com/php_sessions_bug/metabase_sessions.zip It includes all necessary code (including the database schema, database schema installation script, the Metabase custom session handler functions and two small test scripts that use these to increment a variable. After you have installed the database schema (metatest1-schema-install.php) and entered the settings for you database in db_init.php please run nabsession_test.php and click on the link for the second page and try reloading. Randomly, your web server will crash. When it doesn't crash, the registered session variable will update correctly. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you need any further information. Manuel Lemos, the author of Metabase is aware of the problem and believes that the problem is with the PHP custom session handler code. When the Metabase calls are replaced with direct calls to MySLQ (to -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=11826&edit=1