Topic: Apache 2.2 php4ts.dll crash

[Arch Stanton]

My server keeps crashing with the following error

Faulting application httpd.exe, version 2.2.0.0, faulting module php4ts.dll, version 4.4.2.2, fault address 0x000c5fca.

Anybody else have this problem? I think it might be because of what I mentioned here.

[Steffen]

What error do you get when you start Apache in a DOS box: >httpd.exe -e debug

Steffen

[Arch Stanton]

It only crashes once and a while. The error I gave you was from the event viewer. You want me to run the server from a dos box like that and wait for the error?

[Steffen]

[Arch Stanton]

I can't, my software is not compatible with php 5.

[Arch Stanton]

I tried Apache 2.0 and 1.3 and it's still crashing, so the problem is not 2.2

Your php4apache2.dll will work with previous 4.4.x versions of php, right?

[James Blond]

you are right php4apache2 is PHP 4.4.2 (Download on this page & this date)

You need php5apache2.dll

[danNL]

I get the same error, however I am using php 4.4.2 with Apache 2. I've narrowed down the problem to a file_get_contents call. I get no feedback except for a notice that Apache HTTP Server encountered a problem and needs to restart. Any ideas?

[James Blond]

Can you post more PHP Code? I'm not sure about that.
in 4.4.1 PHP crashes while using next(), prev() und reset() in some arrays.
This bug has not been fixed. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35067

Using PHP 5 will fix that. Or if you can downgrade 4.4.0 even with the older security, it shouldn't crash.

But before I've seen your code I dono!

[danNL]

The code calls a function which tries to retrieve an rss feed. The call is listed below:

$strRssContent=file_get_contents($strSourceUrl);

[James Blond]

Use any cache or accrelaytor?
memorylimit in php.ini? Slow internet connection (Upstream)? Installed SP2? Before I installed SP2 under XP my upload stucked.

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36473

Maybe there is an extention that don't work fine.
Comment out all extenions and try again.

If it work then, remove the comments seperately. Makes some woks, but may be help! Good luck!

[danNL]

Thanks for keeping up with me ...

I put the command in its own php file to make sure that nothing else may be affecting it. Thus the command sits in its own file as such:

<?php
$strRssContent=file_get_contents('http://www.centralasianews.net/rss.php');
?>

This creates the same problem.

As far as I can tell there is no cache or accelerator. I am working in a devloper environment on my own machine. It's running WinXP Pro SP2. PHP 4.2.2 was installed without any special changes to the php.ini. I used the zipped Windows version. The php.ini memory_limit directive was set to 8M. I changed it to 8192 to see if that would make a difference, but it didn't.

I checked the phpInfo() command and noticed that the memory_limit directive does not show up. Further reading led me to the memory_get_usage() command which I tried and found that it only works when PHP is compiled with the --enable-memory-limit configuration option. Is there a way to set this directive to on when using a windows environment? Could this be the problem?

[danNL]

I downloaded 4.3.11 and the issue went away ...