From: vonpreussen at 2secure dot us Operating system: centos 5 PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: "PHP Startup: Timezone database is corrupt"
Description: ------------ updated php and it now fails every time over timezone issue. had latest tz data (tzdata-2009j) and back-stepped to 2009f and no change. httpd error log (no php error logging is done even though it is turned on in /etc/php.ini) -- date.timezone = "UTC" and is ignored and the /etc/sysconf/clock file OR date_default_timezone_set() function (most likely, since removing the file gives the old system date) is used by php instead: "PHP Warning: PHP Startup: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for 'PDT/-7.0/DST' instead in Unknown on line 0 "PHP Fatal error: PHP Startup: Timezone database is corrupt - this should *never* happen! in Unknown on line 0" /etc/localtime is a copy of the file for MDT and it shows up for OS time and nothing else. googling reveals that this same error keeps popping up in new php versions as if the original tz scripts get re-used each time without any updating until the same problem emerges after release. then the patch is made and the original scripts remain unchanged. Reproduce code: --------------- core startup crash -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48882&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48882&r=mysqlcfg
