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Request #43042 Error handling when out of memory
Submitted: 2007-10-19 17:00 UTC Modified: 2007-10-19 19:15 UTC
From: thuejk at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2.4 OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2007-10-19 17:00 UTC] thuejk at gmail dot com
Description:
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I have a PHP production setup where errors are automatically reported to me via email, by using a custom error handler.

However, when PHP reaches it's memory limit the custom error handler is disabled. As a result, I may not be notified of OOM errors.

It would be nice if PHP did one of two things:
1) Emit an E_WARNING the first time the script reaches 99% (or something like that, maybe configurable) of memory_limit.
2) When the program reaches the memory limit the first time, add fx 1MB (perhaps user configurable) to the memory limit, emit an OOM E_WARNING, and let the custom error handler handle the error. The next time the memory limit is reached then really die.

I would prefer 1)

Reproduce code:
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<?php
function custom_error_handler($error_code, $error_string, $filename, $line, $symbols) {
  die("This is the custom error handler");
}
set_error_handler('custom_error_handler');

$i = 0;
$a = Array();
while (true) {
  $a[$i] = $i++;
}
?>


Expected result:
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It would be nice if my custom error handler was allowed to run.

Actual result:
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t@t ~/php_oom> php test.php

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /home/thue/php_oom/test.php on line 10


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 [2007-10-19 19:15 UTC] johannes@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

You should use a logfile for error messages. Changing the current behavior would break too many things.
 
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