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Bug #43684 leaky output buffering or the inproper for (;;) interpretation
Submitted: 2007-12-27 02:40 UTC Modified: 2007-12-27 19:34 UTC
From: programatorfreez at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.5 OS: Gentoo GNU/Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2007-12-27 02:40 UTC] programatorfreez at gmail dot com
Description:
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ob_start(), ob_flush() or for(;;) is leaky and doesn't do what it gotta do.

Reproduce code:
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#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
        $i = 0;
        for (;;) {
            $i++;
            @ob_start();
            echo "Iter: $i<br />\n"; // PHP is pretty bad, it cannot even do the for cycle properly
            ob_flush();
        }
?>



Expected result:
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It should be an infinite loop

Actual result:
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...
Iter: 3067<br />
sh-3.2$ 


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 [2007-12-27 19:34 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

In reply to thew comment in your code:
PHP users are pretty bad, they can not read the docs properly.

Anyways a hint: ob_end_flush helps you.
 
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