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Bug #3051 file() cannot access file
Submitted: 1999-12-26 16:29 UTC Modified: 1999-12-26 16:58 UTC
From: weberjn at gmx dot de Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 3.0.12 OS: NT 4.0 SP 3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-12-26 16:29 UTC] weberjn at gmx dot de
Hello,

the code $picArray=file("images.lst");
results in a dos command box coming up and
displaying "process cannot access file, as it is in
use by another process".
CPU load goes up to 100%

After killing the dos box with ^C for several times,
file() works as it should.

Thank you,
Juergen

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 [1999-12-26 16:58 UTC] eschmid at cvs dot php dot net
This is the famous millenium bug.

Install Unix or some other operating system, and the bug will immediately 
disappear. 

-Unknown
 
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