Re: Problems with PHP4 & MySQL Packages

["Eric Pretorious" <epretorious@hotmail.com>]

Hello, All:

To respond to Christophe's report that var_dump() is broken: If you replace 
the var_dump() line with...

<?php
// Replace var_dump() with...
start_session();
$_SESSION = $row;
?>

...apache/mysql/php exhibits the same behavior: All of apache's children 
processes die. i.e., The problem not only seems to be with var_dump() but 
*also* with...

A. The array returned by mysql_fetch_array(), or
B. The process of copying that array into the $_SESSION array.

(The technique of copying the entire record into the $_SESSION variable has 
worked in the past on different architectures...)

Eric P.
Sunnyvale, CA


> From: christophe barbe <christophe@cattlegrid.net>
> Subject: Re: Problems with PHP4 & MySQL Packages
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:32:48 -0400
>
> var_dump is broken.
> print_r is a nice alternative:
>   http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.print-r.php
>
> Christophe
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:53:58PM -0700, Eric Pretorious wrote:
> > Hello, All:
> >
> > I'm stumped: I'm using Debian 3.0 (Woody) on a PowerBook Lombard and 
> can't
> > get the PHP package  (php4 4.1.2-6 and php4-mysql 4.1.2-6) and the MySQL
> > package (mysql-server 3.23.49-8) to play nicely together. This script...
> >
> > <?php
> > $connect = mysql_pconnect('localhost','sample_user','sample_passwd');
> > mysql_select_db('sample_db',$connect);
> > $sql = 'SELECT * FROM names WHERE userid = ' . $somenumber;
> > $result = mysql_query($sql, $connect);
> >
> > var_dump($row);
> > ?>
> >
> > ...causes apache to die. (i.e., nothing is returned to the browser.)
> > /var/log/apache/error.log contains "[notice] child pid [#####] exit 
> signal
> > Segmentation fault (11)" for _every_ active apache child process where
> > ##### is the pid for the apache process.
> >
> > Why is this happening?
> >
> > Eric P.
> > Sunnyvale, CA

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