Re: How to trace a crash bug?

hi, On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Hruska <thruska@cubiclesoft.com> wrote: > If you read the message, you would see "PHP 5.2.13".  I didn't mention > thread safe.  Sorry.  Forgot about that. NTS does not work with Apache 2.2. The SAPI is not even available in the nts version. >> does it crash with a hello world script, or only with your complex script. >> if its crash only with your script, then we cant help without a testcase.. > > That is what I am trying to do:  Come up with either a simple test case OR > pinpoint the crash in the C code.  The simple test case route wasn't > working, so I'm left with tracing the code.  Hence my query. Does it crash randomly, at start, or using a given request/script? > I'm pretty sure I'm on the right list. I know C/C++ and want to hook into > the PHP source with a C debugger (VS IDE, preferably). In other words, I'm > going to be digging around in the engine to find this problem. Plus, this > will give me a good look at the guts of PHP. php windows internals may be better for this specific topic. >> ps: if you found a bug, open a ticket in the bugtracker. > Will do after I've got a reasonable test case and/or patch to work with. >  Simply saying "PHP crashes with complex code" isn't helpful to anyone.  I > was basically after a general guide for getting a Debug build that I can > hook into with the VS debugger and stop on crash bugs from within the Apache > module. > > Oh well.  I'll try to build and will get back to you.  I can't do anything > else on this project until I figure out this bug.  I probably should grab > the latest snapshot just in case... > > Darn.  Windows snapshot binaries are broken.  Guess I'm building it anyway. No need to at this stage. I'm almost sure it is a configuration problem, missing/wrong DLL or other similar problems. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org