ID:               25620
 User updated by:  xris at farcaster dot net
 Reported By:      xris at farcaster dot net
-Status:           Feedback
+Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Reproducible crash
 Operating System: GNU/Linux 2.4.20
 PHP Version:      4.3.3
 New Comment:

Well, just as i guessed, it's very strange.

I have been able to isolate a simple piece of code which
influences the ocurrence of the Segfault/PHP Warning.

Have a look at this code fragement from one of my classes:

--- snip ---
 1  var_dump( $this->mBuffer);
 2  
 3  if ( $this->mBuffer) {
 4        $Client->Buffer( TRUE );
 5  } else {
 6        $Client->Buffer( FALSE );
 7  };
 8
 9 $Client->Buffer( $this->mBuffer );
---snip---

The $this->mBuffer object property holds a boolean value
(checked via var_dump()).

Obviously, line 8 should be equivalent to lines 3-7, but
with lines 3-7 in place, the error doesn't show up, while
using the statement on line 8, PHP segfaults ...

Just in case you ask, the Buffer() method of the client
object class is declared as:

--- snip ---
function Buffer( $Value = TRUE ) {
   $this->mBuffer = $Value;
}
--- snip ---

How to proceed on isolating the reason for the Error?


Previous Comments:
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[2003-09-21 11:37:09] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

It is natural that an unterminated string bug doesn't always cause a
crash, but at the same time, it is also very much related to a specific
function call somewhere.  For us to have any chance of finding this you
need to narrow it down for us.  Start commenting out bits of code until
the problem goes away, then tell us which piece of code caused it.

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[2003-09-21 11:21:36] xris at farcaster dot net

Description:
------------
I run a rather large PHP System (250k+ LOC).
Recently, a number of "Segmentation-Faults" started popping up
in my Apache error log. Only some of the PHP pages caused a segfault.
These segfaults are mostly reproducible, but could be suppressed by
moving code around - like changing order of method definitions, etc.

So i set up an identical system as our production server, but with
--enable debug. The segfaults did not happen anymore, but i keep
getting notices like these:

[21-Sep-2003 16:25:34] PHP Warning:  String is not zero-terminated
(SetVerband̏**rtID'  aa) (source:
/home/develop/mod_php-4.3.3/Zend/zend_opcode.c:165) in Unknown on line
0

The problem occurres with PHP from at least 4.2.2 to 4.3.3, regardless
wether running with Apache 1.3x or Apache 2.0.

I would like to provide more information, but i don't know how .. any
info on how to trace the reason for this problem would greatly
appreciated.


Reproduce code:
---------------
sorry, i'cant construct a small snippted reproducing this error - it
seems to pop up on pages with a large amount of used objects, though
(but thats only a guess ..)

Expected result:
----------------
well, no php crash?



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