ID: 45996 Comment by: alex at peoples dot ru 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:
Thanks for advice, but I'm not guru in the Linux, as I haven't cpanel on my server. I tried use 'yum remove' libxml2 and add new, but off course this is stupid and doesn't work. I liked Linux, as the easiest and powerful system, but now, I'm stock. I haven't any idea how I can remove libxml2 and build new system with old one. One idea - change system on Fedora 9, because FC 10 have the same bug with fucking libxml2. Sorry, I was at Data Center 8 hours and I had problem with servers with new system. I don't like updates now... they have bugs every where, and I'm tiered resolve this bugs. Sorry, Have a Happy New Year. I'll never ever will update my systems less when half year. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-31 15:22:17] scott...@php.net Guys please READ the report, this is a bug in libxml NOT a bug in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-31 14:35:13] hougiwro at guerrillamail dot org 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
