I had the same bug on Win2000+php.4.1.2. When called SWFFont function with same normal (worked on previous version ) *.fdb file, php module crashes and sometime crash the web server (Apache). 
It is very important to have the text in generated Flash movies, but it does not work in Ming 0.2 version.

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I'm currently using the "EasyPHP 1.6" distrib, which includes Apache 1.3.20 and PHP 4.2.0, used on a NT4 station, and encountered the same problem. Any solution known ?

Cheers,
Yann

This bug also exists in 4.2.1

I've managed to eliminate the web server from the equation - ran the test script from the command line, and got the same result. The script hung until it reached the timeout limit, and consumed 97% of the CPU time while it was hung. 

It also seemed to keep consuming more and more memory, as if it was stuck in some kind of infinite loop?

This was using PHP 4.2.2, Ming 0.2a which I downloaded from php.net. This is quite important for me, cos I have a couple of applications which I haven't been able to upgrade beyond PHP 4.0.4 (with Ming 0.9a) for one reason or another, and there are security issues involved in that.

Thanks
Richy Black

I've experienced this bug as well.  I'm running Windows 2000 Server, IIS, and PHP 4.1.2.  The system has all of the "critical" Microsoft patches applied except for W2K SP3.

It seems that if I do a SWFFont("somefile.fdb") IIS will report a CGI error after running for perhaps 5 seconds.  

There are some Dr. Watson entries in my event log which talk about an access violation.  The dates and times of these entries roughly correspond to when I was testing the ming font functions, but when I run the scripts now, I just get the CGI errors without the Dr. Watson entries.

I thought I could get around this bug by using SWFFont("_sans"), but that does not work either.  I can create a new font object just fine, but when I try to add() the font object to the movie object, Internet Explorer dies, and asks if I want to send a bug report ot Microsoft.

I tried installing PHP 4.1.1 and 4.1.0, but had the same problem under those versions.  I also switched from the CGI version of PHP to the ISAPI DLL -- but that didn't help either.  When I was running the PHP ISAPI DLL, I could see an "access violation" error directly in my web browser, whereas before it just said "CGI error".

My system: Win-98, Apache 1.3.26, PHP 4.2.1 -- trying to set SWFFont(), e.g.  

   $f=new SWFFont("ParkAvenue_BT.fdb"); 

usually crashes Apache, sometimes the browser (IE 5.5) too. However the system fonts ("_sans", "_serif", "_typewriter") are now working although they weren't at first. Weirdness!

Can you send me that font file by (private) e-mail?

Derick

Hi all, same problem for me:
Iexplorer systematically crashes using a file:
  SWFFont("verdana.fdb");
Iexplorer crashes sometimes using an internal font:
  SWFFont("-sans");
Could you please help.

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Hello,

I think this is not fair, the bug is 100 % reproduced at every tentative, you cannot say "you are no longer experiencing the problem".
What should I do to make this bug is taken in account ?

Henri

The problem is definitely not gone. Opened this bug...

I didnt recieve any font file, setting to feedback

you'll find some .fdb fonts at: http://www.neuralust.com/~mingdocs/fonts/getfonts.htm

Still an issue.  Running Apache 2.0.40 with php 4.2.3 and ming 2a all on Windows 2000 Pro.  

ERROR message as follows:
The instruction at "0x00bacf0c" referenced memory at "0x00ad8000". The memory could not be "written".

I know the bug still exists in Ming. Anyway if you want an alternative that works there is FreeMovie/PHP http://freemovie.sourceforge.net/.

Using the latest CVS I am unable to replicate this crash on Linux, so this is most likely a Windows only bug.
I do however see a number of memory leaks caused by this extension:
/home/rei/PHP_CVS/php4/Zend/zend_hash.c(178) :  Freeing 0x083A1AA4 (32 bytes), script=m.php
Last leak repeated 2 times
/home/rei/PHP_CVS/php4/Zend/zend_API.c(597) :  Freeing 0x083A1A44 (44 bytes), script=m.php
/home/rei/PHP_CVS/php4/Zend/zend_API.c(585) : Actual location (location was relayed)
Last leak repeated 2 times

Using Google I found the following archive of fdb fonts, http://todbot.com/ming/tsts/fonts/, the url provided by php@mled.net does not appear to work.

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Hi,

This problem in Windows OS is actually caused by call function
SWFShape_setRightFill().

In turn it goes to the function 
newShapeRecord()

I changed the following line in this function

  return shape->records[shape->nRecords++];

as
  shape->nRecords++;
  return shape->records[shape->nRecords-1];

It solves the problem.

However, I didn't look at it deeply.

The one who is distributing the Windows DLL should think about it.


Weisheng

It is working with ming 0.3a available at CVS.
Look here: http://kromann.info/php4.php and download the dll. On my system (Win2000/IIS 5.0 with PHP 4.3.2) it works very fine.

I'm having the same problem. My config:

WinXP
ming-0.3beta1
PHP 4.3.4
Apache 1.3.23
IE 6.0

I have the latest dll's from
http://kromann.info/php4.php

-- 
Mikkel Rasmussen

I've just gotten hold of Ming yesterday and I am using the dll from http://kromann.info/php4.php

I'm having to restart apache every time I try and get the tutorial script off ming.sourceforge.net to run because of this bug. Has anyone got a Windows dll that will work?

If so, please mail it to me (in an archive file of some kind - it will probably be blocked otherwise)

Cheers,
Strawp