ID:               43677
 User updated by:  root at net1 dot cc
 Reported By:      root at net1 dot cc
 Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Safe Mode/open_basedir
 Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2
 PHP Version:      5.2.5
 New Comment:

I've been using the patched PHP for several hours now, and - confirmed
- it's working flawless! This patch really fixes the issue! Thanks once
again, Manuel!

For FreeBSD users, I've uploaded a modified patch file for deployment
with the ports system, for ease of use, and instructions here:
http://mirror.net1.cc/projects/php-bug43677-patch/


Previous Comments:
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[2008-01-12 21:19:29] root at net1 dot cc

I'm gonna test Manuel's patch (thanks!) and report back later if it
does fix the problems observed.

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[2008-01-12 18:08:43] manuel at mausz dot at

I tracked the problem down. Every altered ini setting gets added to the
 modified_ini_directives-hashtable in order to restore the original
value after the request has been processed. Zend simply forgets to
restore the modifiable-level.

A patch can be found at 
http://manuel.mausz.at/coding/patches/php/5.2.5/php5.2.5-restore-ini-level.patch
Please note that this patch will break the ini setting ABI. Thus all
extensions registering ini settings will have to be recompiled.

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[2008-01-07 22:57:03] root at net1 dot cc

Digging some more into that, I've found the problem to be in the
Apache/PHP interpretation of the configured VirtualHost.

First, the problem only exists if we do have *both* VirtualHost(s) with
'php_admin_value include_path' *and* another VirtualHost(s)with
'php_value include_path'. If all our VirtualHosts use 'php_value' only,
it's behaving as usual.

Experimenting with this shows that, after an Apache startup/reload,
things work OK. Then, they start to randomly fail until some time later
100% of the requests fail to work OK.

Looking at the Apache logs, the problem (according to me) is that the
PHP module behaves strange when it sees the php_admin_value variable.
Let's say we have this config (not a working one, just to give you the
idea):
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName test1.dot.com
  php_value include_path .:/test1
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName test2.dot.com
  php_admin_value include_path .:/test2
</VirtualHost>
We fire up Apache, and start accessing test1.dot.com pages *only*.
Everything works fine. *But* when we start to simultaneously access
test2.dot.com, the test1.dot.com pages start to fail more and more (due
to the incorrect include_path). Monitoring which Apache process servers
each page reveals that *when* a process serves a page for test2.dot.com,
it reads the 'php_admin_value' for it, sets it up, and refuses to change
the include_path from further config lines, *even* if they are from the
config of the virtual host of a *new* request. That is - once an Apache
process servers a page for a VirtualHost with php_admin_value, all
consequent requests served by the same process are processed with that
php_admin_value, regardless of their config.

The *solution* , though insecure, is to change *all* your
'php_admin_value include_path' lines to 'php_value include_path'.

I would very much like to see this fixed (though I'm completely unaware
of the way Apache/PHP configuration is parsed), and will provide more
feedback if needed.

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[2008-01-07 20:57:58] tborgans at gmx dot de

same problem here on linux with 5.2.5, apache 1.3.39

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[2008-01-06 21:38:14] d at tpyo dot net

Noticed the same thing with 5.2.5 on Linux w/ Apache 2.  I'm aware 
this is supposed to be the intended behaviour as of 5.2.5 but 
something is definitely breaking.

It seems the include_path is being unset or ignored at some point.  
Haven't experienced this at random as described - once it breaks it 
doesn't correct itself until restarting Apache.

Could be linked to the fix for bug #41561?

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