ID: 45996 Comment by: hougiwro at guerrillamail dot org Reported By: phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ie Status: Assigned Bug Type: XML related Operating System: Mandriva Linux PHP Version: 5.2.6 Assigned To: rrichards New Comment:
Why not just fix the bug so that existing installs can pick up a standard update without having to rebuild the program. Not everyone using PHP is necessarily comfortable with recompiling it in order to implement a workaround for a bug. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-31 13:37:17] phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ie If you are on a shared host with a fixed PHP version then really the host should be responsible for deploying a well packaged version of PHP. If they are not doing that it is the host that is at fault and you should raise the issue with them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-31 00:56:58] mark at mcclusky dot com I understand that there are workarounds to this bug, but for those of us on shared hosts that we can't recompile, this is a colossally frustrating state of affairs. Does anyone in PHP land have any timeline for a fix? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-29 17:02:44] jeffrey dot roberts at ibsgroup dot org For those as challenged as me at determining how to either downgrade libxml2 or recompile with libexpat while using cPANEL (easyapache), here is a link to the details. I confirm that after recompiling it is a workaround for the problem. http://blog.code-head.com/fixing-libxml-php-bug-and-issues-with-html-entities-libexpat First you will need to find out where libexpat is located on your server, it¡¯s probably here: /usr/lib To find out for sure, open this folder (/usr/lib) and look for the file: libexpat.so If you can¡¯t find it, log in as root via SSH and enter: whereis libexpat.so This should list the folder in which libexpat is located. After all this you will need to compile PHP to use libexpat instead of libxml, so go to: /var/cpanel/easy/apache/rawopts/ And create a file and name it ¡°all_php5¡å (no quotes), if there is a file with this name edit it and add these lines to the end of it: ¨Cwith-expat=builtin ¨Cwith-libexpat-dir=/usr/lib (lines start with two dashes ¡°-¡± that are not showing up here for some reason) Remember that depending on where libexpat is located on your server you might need to edit the second line. Now compile Apache and everything should work fine! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-28 13:37:13] phpbugs at colin dot guthr dot ie While I do not doubt that this is an annoying bug, there are very simple and clear workarounds. I'm really not seeing why everyone is so upset about this. I reported the bug and we fixed the Mandriva package almost immediately with the work around and I'm not aware of any fallout from that change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-28 03:55:04] alex at magnet dot ru 4 month!!! This is not serious?! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/45996 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45996&edit=1
