ID:               35794
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      reboot at gmx dot ch
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Strings related
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      4.4.1
 New Comment:

There are 1000 and 1 other ways too to consume all the available
memory. Just don't do it.


Previous Comments:
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[2005-12-24 20:21:53] reboot at gmx dot ch

Using -INF as the length of the target string is always impossible. I
think this value should not be accepted instead of trying to allocate
this much memory.

And there still remains the problem that PHP silently terminates the
script without printing an error. I only found the reason why my script
dies in the apache log.

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[2005-12-24 16:22:39] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

You're knowingly consuming all the memory available.
How exactly PHP should understand that you meant something else?

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[2005-12-24 16:14:29] reboot at gmx dot ch

Description:
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str_pad should check it's parameters. With wrong parameters it is
possible to cause an out of memory error. This problem also sometimes
causes the PHP script to die completely and only leave an error in the
apache error log, no out of memory error  is reported by PHP.


Reproduce code:
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<?                                                                     
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                             str_pad("", log10(0), " ");
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                ?>


Expected result:
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Warning or error reported by PHP about wrong usage of str_pad for
better debugging, not just an our of memory error or silent death of
the PHP script.

Actual result:
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Error in the apache log:

Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10
bytes)



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