Configuration: Apache 1.3.9, PHP4 (CVS), Linux 2.2, Oracle 8i. All running on the same computer.

The script:

<?
Header("content-type: image/jpeg");

$conn = OCILogon('yann', 'yann');
$stmt = OCIParse($conn, "SELECT getBlob FROM dual");
OCIExecute($stmt);
OCIFetchInto($stmt, &$arr, OCI_ASSOC);
echo $arr["GETBLOB"]->load();
OCIFreeStatement($stmt);
OCILogoff($conn);
?>

works very well (display a blob), but *sometime* it leaves an oracle zombie
process in the system:

oracle   10123  2.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    18:06   0:00 [oracle <defunct>
oracle   10124  2.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    18:06   0:00 [oracle <defunct>
oracle   10125  2.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    18:06   0:00 [oracle <defunct>
oracle   10126  3.3  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    18:06   0:00 [oracle <defunct>
oracle   10127  3.3  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    18:06   0:00 [oracle <defunct>

May be it's an Oracle bug, I can't try another for the moment.

Thanks.