#42519 [NEW]: misleading comment in php.ini

From: erich dot iseli at iseli dot org Operating system: linux PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: misleading comment in php.ini Description: ------------ In the following line in php.ini memory_limit = 8M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB) the comment mentions "8MB" but if one really writes "memory_limit = 8MB" then apache would hang when restarting even though it says: /etc/init.d/apache2 start * Starting apache 2.0 web server... [ ok ] I'm writing this bug report because I've just experienced this problem and while fixing it, I found out that many others have had the same issue. Reproduce code: --------------- replace memory_limit = 8M with memory_limit = 8MB Expected result: ---------------- - no misleading comment so that one doesn't even attempt to write "MB" instead of M - don't say "[ok]" but "[fail]" when restarting apache with the mention that "8MB" is not known, assuming "8 bytes" or "did you mean "8M"? (ok, that would be an apache bug, but I think php should provide this failure message to apache, doesn't it?) - write more verbose error message to apache error.log Actual result: -------------- apache hangs when restarting, consuming a lot of CPU and only writing this to error.log Allowed memory size of 8 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9 bytes) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42519&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42519&r=mysqlcfg