strange bug(?) when opening lots of files

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi One of my pages opens ~100 files, reads from them, and closes them, (only one file open at a time). The problem is that the page just dies mid-way through execution - no errors, no segfault, it just dies and returns a blank page to the user. the problem goes away if I reduce the number of files accessed. its a build of PHP 4.1.2 on Linux running as an Apache module, (if it makes any odds, the configure line is below). I can't see anything on bugs.php.net about this - has anyone seen this before (and, of course, the crucial question; what can I do to fix it?) Any help appreciated, Thanks - -- Shane http://www.shanewright.co.uk/ Public key: http://www.shanewright.co.uk/files/public_key.asc './configure' '--with-gd' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--enable-track-vars' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--enable-calendar' '--with-zlib' '--prefix=/opt/php-4.1' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf' '--enable-memory-limit' '--with-db2=/usr' '--with-db3=/usr' '--with-gdbm=/usr' '--with-ndbm=/usr' '--with-dbase' '--with-xml' '--with-expat-dir=/usr' '--enable-debugger' '--enable-ftp' '--with-ttf' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--enable-bcmath' '--with-openssl' '--enable-trans-sid' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-png' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-imap' '--with-dom=/usr' '--with-bz2' '--with-curl' '--with-mhash=/usr' '--with-mcrypt=/usr' '--with-pgsql' '--with-gmp' '--with-gettext' '--with-iconv' '--with-kerberos' '--enable-xslt' '--with-xslt-sablot' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9h6lW5DXg6dCMBrQRAhhiAKCIo1xdyyDtx7fT8SO8Xz4bfWOg7QCfdjE3 STUVeNEID6bzu4+hq+PqCI4= =zZqL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----