Bug #12907 Updated: Callback causes apache to hang

ID: 12907 Updated by: yohgaki Reported By: gregm@onlinecreatorinc.com Old Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Output Control Operating System: RedHat 6.2 / Linux 2.4 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: 4.1.0 does not have problem. Please reopen if you still have the same problem. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-08-22 15:01:13] gregm@onlinecreatorinc.com I have a problem using a callback function with ob_start, causing apache httpd instances to hang, and remain for a very long time. Each instance was using 2-4 % cpu and was causing apache to launch new processes to keep up server demand, then those servers were hanging, etc, and I was seeing an average load up in the 50-70 range (vs around 1.0 normally) Basically: <? function obCallback($buffer) { return str_replace("hello", "hi", $buffer); } ob_start("obCallback"); echo "hello there"; ob_end_flush(); ?> was causing problems. I've gotten around it by using ob_get_contents then ob_end_clean and just using my function on the contents. my configure line for php is: './configure' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--with-apache=/root/apachetoolbox/apache_1.3.20' '--enable-exif' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-calendar=shared' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd' '--with-zlib' '--enable-gd-native-tt' '--with-t1lib=/usr/local/lib/php/t1libs' '--with-jpeg-dir' '--with-png-dir' '--with-zlib-dir' '--with-ttf' '--with-freetype-dir' '--with-imap' '--with-mhash' '--with-mcrypt' '--with-unixODBC=/usr/local/unixODBC' '--with-pdflib=/root/apachetoolbox/src/pdflib-3.03' '--enable-shared-pdflib' '--with-snmp=/usr/local/snmp' '--with-openssl' '--with-curl=/usr/local' '--with-bcmath' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--with-mnogosearch=/usr/local/mnogosearch' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=12907&edit=1