Topic: Apache 2.2.2 Crashes

[trib4lmaniac]

After installing Apache 2.2.2 from the precompiled Win32 binaries and configuring PHP, MySQL and the like on a brand new, fresh Windows XP install, I came across a niggling error when stopping the the Apache2.2 service; i.e., it crashed.

Thankfully - by process of elimination - I've discovered the source of this problem. It only happens when I have the Tidy extension loaded by PHP. When I recommenting the line "extension=php_tidy.dll" in my php.ini the problem went away.

I have no idea why this causes Apache to crash, but I have seen a couple of other people with the same problem and this may help them.
Also, perhaps someone with a bit more insight could investigate just as to why this happens.

[Steffen]

Thanks for sharing with us.

When PHP is installed as SAPI (module), it runs in the same process and adrdress space as Apache, so "badly" written extensions (eg. not completely thread-safe) can bog down the server processes and also with huge memory leaks. The php-manual warns for this when you run PHP as SAPI and suggests, when you run in problems, to run PHP as CGI.


Steffen

[thesilence]

my system>

Windows 2000 with service pack 4
Apache 2.2.2
php 5.1.4
mysql 5

After comenting the extension extension=php_tidy.dll, apache is still crashing after i stop the service.

thnx in advance.