Hi !

We are using OpenBSD as server-side OS, and Windoze for testing. I found a problem, which can be a bug. If not, or someone allready reported (I didn't find), I am sorry. This bug accurs only at Windoze - all works perfect under OpenBSD.

I have code (pseudo):

fopen(file1,"r")
if (fopen(file2,"r")) {
    stat(file1);
    stat(file2);

    // check timestamp
    if (stat1 VS stat2) {
        
        read(file2) into array (restore cache);

        close(file1);
        close(file2);
        return;
    }

    close(file2);
}

// rebuild cache
read(file1);
close(file1);             

process file1 data

// store cache
if (fopen(file3,"w+b")) {

    fwrite(file3,serialize(...));

    fclose(file3);  /****** HERE Apache/php CRASHES
}


File1 is 'source'. File2 is 'cache' - read only. I check last modify time,
if valid, then I read cache. If not, I process source, re-open cache
for writing and store datas.

At fclose process die.

If I remove fclose, all works fine (other file operations, DB access, etc.).
If I remove initiali fopen for cache and time checking (fstat), then fclose3
also works perfect.

My own opinion: openning files/stating them/closing causes PHP die.

Have a nice day,
Don't kill me :o)
Bye
Ray

There is original code (class function):


// read strings file
function cmdLngFile($fname) {

    $fnamec="../cache/".basename($fname);

    if (!file_exists($fname))
        stlc_exit("lng file $fname not found");

    $fd=@fopen($fname,"r");
    if (empty($fd))
        stlc_exit("can't read or empty lng $fname");
    $fdc=@fopen($fnamec,"rb");
    if (!empty($fdc)) {

        $statn=fstat($fd);
        $statc=fstat($fdc);

        // use cache
        if ($statn[9]<=$statc[9]) {

            $cache=fread($fdc,filesize($fnamec));

            $this->lngs=array_merge($this->lngs,unserialize($cache));
            fclose($fd);
            fclose($fdc);

            return;
        }

        // need rebuild cache...
        fclose($fdc);
    }

    $lng=fread($fd,filesize($fname));
    fclose($fd);

    // process file contents
    $lnglen=strlen($lng);
    ...
    nothing interested here, jsut process language file and
    setup array $this->lngs in form array["language_id"] => "text"

    // store cache
    $fdcw=@fopen($fnamec,"w+b");
    if (!empty($fdcw)) {

        $cache=serialize($this->lngs);
        fwrite($fdcw,$cache);
        fflush($fdcw);

        //!!!! PHP bug (?) - this falldown apache on windoze, BSD works
        // keep comment for windoze
        //fclose($fdcw);
    }
}