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Bug #45592 eval'ed Code throws HTTP 500 error when display_errors is off
Submitted: 2008-07-22 15:13 UTC Modified: 2008-07-23 09:52 UTC
From: andy at boeckler dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Output Control
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-07-22 15:13 UTC] andy at boeckler dot org
Description:
------------
I'm getting Ajax-Request-Failures since PHP5 throws HTTP-500 Errors back.
This was not the case before upgrading from PHP4.

This is annoying:
* E_STRICT are filtered out
* when display_errors is ON, the request is OK!
* display_errors ON is no option on a productionserver

It only works, when ob_flush() is called before exit() (see staticFunc2)

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); // NO E_STRICT is in here
ini_set('display_errors', 'off');
//ini_set('display_errors', 'on');

class Test {
 public staticFunc() { echo 'boo'; exit(); }
 public staticFunc2() { echo 'boo'; ob_flush(); exit(); }
}

Test::staticFunc();

?>

Expected result:
----------------
HTTP 200

Actual result:
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HTTP 500, w/o ob_flush() when display_errors is off
HTTP 200, w/o ob_flush() when display_errors is ON
HTTP 200, with ob_flush()

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 [2008-07-22 15:25 UTC] andy at boeckler dot org
Update:
ob_flush() doesn't change anything ...
I accidentally tested it with display_errors=ON
 [2008-07-22 22:15 UTC] jani@php.net
You have a parse error there:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_VARIABLE in /home/jani/t.php on line 7

And I don't get any E_STRICT notices with fixed version of this code either..
 [2008-07-22 22:53 UTC] andy at boeckler dot org
Sorry .. 
the code example goes in the wrong direction 
I've narrowed the actual issue. It has to do with evaled code.
The @eval-Function is not catched properly.

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

class Test {
    function func1() { // HTTP 500                                                                                                                                   
        ini_set('display_errors', 'off');
        @eval('completely wrong');
        echo 'boo'; exit();
    }
    function func2() { //HTTP 200                                                                                                                                    
        ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
        @eval('completely wrong');
        echo 'boo'; exit();
    }
    function func3() { // HTTP 200  and HTTP 500 with output buffering                                                                                               
        ini_set('display_errors', 'off');
        echo 'noerror';
        @eval('completely wrong');
        echo 'boo'; exit();
    }
}

Test::func1();
//Test::func2();                                                                                                                                                     
//Test::func3();                                                                                                                                                     
?>
 [2008-07-22 23:12 UTC] jani@php.net
That's expected behavior. 

In PHP 5.2.4 NEWS:

"Changed error handler to send HTTP 500 instead of blank page on PHP errors. "

And in the manual page for eval(): http://docs.php.net/eval

"If there is a parse error in the evaluated code, eval() returns FALSE and execution of the following code continues normally. It is not possible to catch a parse error in eval()  using set_error_handler()."

 [2008-07-22 23:23 UTC] andy at boeckler dot org
"Changed error handler to send HTTP 500 instead of blank page on PHP
errors. "

1. I've never seen a blank page in PHP4, when i'm doing @eval !
2. Why does it work with display_errors on?
3. Why does it work, when i'm doing an "echo" BEFORE the @eval?
 [2008-07-23 09:52 UTC] andy at boeckler dot org
Why bogus?

This is by no means a consequent error-reporting.
 [2010-08-03 10:48 UTC] quamis at gmail dot com
I've ran into the same problem on 5.2.9. Because of an error in the eval'd code(and the subsequent 500-Internal error generated), the headers i was sending from my app would get misinterpreted by the browser and would display a "File Not Found"...
I tracked this to a combination of "display_errors off" and the eval function.
 [2011-11-25 07:33 UTC] ananda dot pryana at gmail dot com
Just a note that this bug still exists in PHP version 5.2.17.

I don't think this is bogus. Based on the quoted manual, the bug is that "execution of the following code continues normally" part does not happen when display_error is OFF, but happens when display_error is ON.
 
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