FYI: The apache2 support in PHP is new and experimental.
And in that bug report, one of the apache developers has
already added a note that he's working on it so the
fix will be in the next release. (PHP 4.2.1)
Patience, please.
--Jani
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Brian Foddy wrote:
>Have you people lost it???
>
>One of the MAJOR features is working with Apache2.
>But bug 16475 is still open and unresolved. Its been
>reported by several different people, all having the same effect.
>
>Why would you release this version until after this bug is closed
>and gone through at least one RC cycle.
>
>You will have lost a lot of credability from potential users if
>it core dumps the minute Apache 2 is started.
>
>PHP has usually always been very careful about major bugs
>in releases; until now.
>
>Brian
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>On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:55:14 +0200 (CEST), Derick Rethans wrote:
>
>>
>>The PHP Group is happy to announce the immediate
>>availability of PHP 4.2.0, the latest version of the widely-used,
>>general-purpose scripting language that is especially well-suited for Web
>>development.
>>
>>This latest release contains over one hundred changes, bug fixes and
>>improvements over the previous release, PHP 4.1.2. Among the highlights
>>are experimental support for Apache 2, cleanups in variable handling and
>>overhauls of various PHP components, including the domxml, posix, sockets
>>and iconv extensions. For more information, see below:
>>
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>External variables
>>
>>The biggest change in PHP 4.2.0 concerns variable handling. External
>>variables (from the environment, the HTTP request, cookies or the web
>>server) are no longer registered in the global scope by default. The
>>preferred method of accessing these external variables is by using the new
>>Superglobal arrays, introduced in PHP 4.1.0. More information about this
>>change:
>>
>> * PHP Manual: Predefined variables
>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/html/language.variables.predefined.html
>>
>> * The PHP 4.1.0 release announcement
>> http://www.php.net/release_4_1_0.php
>>
>> * Thomas Oertli's article on secure programming in PHP
>> http://www.zend.com/zend/art/art-oertli.php
>>
>>Compatibility
>>
>>The Apache Software Foundation recently released their first General
>>Availability version of Apache 2. PHP 4.2.0 will have EXPERIMENTAL support
>>for this version. You can build a DSO module for Apache 2 with
>>--with-apxs2. We do not recommend that you use this in a production
>>environment.
>>
>>PHP 4.2.0 still lacks certain key features on Mac OS X and Darwin, and
>>isn't officially supported by the PHP Group on these platforms.
>>Specifically, building PHP as a dynamically loaded Apache module isn't
>>supported at this time. PHP 4.3.0, due to be released in August, 2002,
>>will be the first PHP release to officially support Mac OS X. It, along
>>with future Mac OS X and Apache releases, will enable full feature parity
>>with other PHP platforms.
>>Improvements
>>
>>PHP 4.2.0 includes several improvements:
>>
>> * External variables (from the environment, the HTTP request, cookies
>> or the web server) are no longer registered as global variables
>> * Overhaul of the sockets extension
>> * Highly improved performance with file uploads
>> * The satellite and mailparse extensions were moved to PECL and are no
>> longer bundled with the official PHP release
>> * The posix extension has been cleaned up
>> * iconv handling has been improved
>> * Output buffering support, which was introduced in PHP 4.1.0 has been
>> stabilized
>> * Improved performance and stability of the domxml extension
>> * New multibyte regular expression support
>> * LOTS of fixes and new functions
>>
>>For a full list of changes in PHP 4.2.0, see the NEWS file
>>(http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Derick Rethans
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
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