Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

Thanks for that, I tried the latest windows snapshot as you suggested but it did not fix the problem, latest one was a timeout on this line!!!

echo '</td></tr>';

I can't reproduce this...what have you changed in your
php.ini compared to the php.ini-dist ??

Can you provide a complete but short example of code
that can be used to reproduce this?

Disable the ZendOptimizer and try the code again.

It happens without zend installed, I installed that last night in the hope that it would solve the time outs by speeding things up :(((

You're doing something wrong, ask support questions on the mailing lists.

I'm afraid that "You're doing something wrong" just isn't an acceptable answer.

It's a problem with PHP's session handler or serializer for sure. I can replicate it by using this script

<?php
     session_start();
     if (!isset($_SESSION['tempVal'])) $_SESSION['tempVal'] = 0;
     $_SESSION['tempVal']++;     
     echo 'session val is now '.$_SESSION['tempVal'].'<BR>';
     echo '<A HREF="sesstest.php">click here to reload</A>
?>

If I call that page from an automated page refresh script that I have at some point within an hour I will get 

[25-Mar-2003 11:37:27] PHP Fatal error:  Maximum execution time of 40 seconds exceeded in e:\www\sesstest.php on line 2.

What webserver is used? How is PHP configured in it?
Are you using CGI binary or a module?
What is the diff -u between the php.ini-dist file and your
php.ini ? 

Hi there,

I'm using Apache 1.3.27 on a windows 2000 SP3 machine, dual P3 1.6ghz processors and 1.5GB RAM

PHP is loading as an apache module and i've tried 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 latest cvs binaries.


the differences in my ini from php-dist are

short_open_tags = Off
precision = 14
zlib_output_compression = on (but only did this last night wsa off until then)
allow_call_time_pass_reference = off
max_execution_time = 40
error_reporting = E_ALL
display_errors = Off
log_errors = On
ignore_repeated_errors = on
error_log = e:\php.log
register_argc_argv = off
magic_quotes_runtime = on
include_path = e:\www\
doc_root = e:\www\
extensions_dir = c:\php\extensions
upload_max_file_size=4M
default_socket_timeout=30
SMTP=[ip to local smtp server]
session_save_path = c:\php\sessions
session.gc_dividend = 1000
session.bug_compat_warn = 0 (makes no difference, still see em)



Thanks

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

And update the version if this still happens to you (when using the snapshot). And make sure you delete ALL old remains of PHP related files first before installing the snapshot!!

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I'm having similar problems with sessions. On a dual Xeon 2,4 GHZ running RedHat 9, Apache 1.3.27 and PHP 4.3.2 module, session_start() sometimes takes milliseconds and other times it takes up to 13 seconds to complete.

I've timed it with the following code:
<?
$start = microtime();
session_start();
$stop = microtime();
echo $stop - $start;
?>

The results are not reproducable in small script containing only the previous code, but happen in a large application and it seems to happen only when data is Posted. No code is run before the session is started, so I'm at a loss what might be causing the problems.