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Bug #56144 constant already defined error
Submitted: 2004-07-23 21:03 UTC Modified: 2014-02-28 12:33 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: selsky at columbia dot edu Assigned: krakjoe (profile)
Status: Closed Package: APC (PECL)
PHP Version: 4.3.8 OS: Solaris 9
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-07-23 21:03 UTC] selsky at columbia dot edu 
Description:
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I'm trying to view the capabilties test page for my Horde installation.  When I load the page a second time, I see the following error message:

Unknown error: Constant already defined (/opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php:44)

This doesn't happen on the first page load.  Is there something strange about how APC caches define() calls?

PEAR.php line 44 contains:

    define('PEAR_OS',    'Unix'); // blatant assumption

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 [2004-09-07 00:21 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Can you reproduce this with a script that just contains that define line?  I tried here and I couldn't.
 [2004-09-09 04:09 UTC] selsky at columbia dot edu 
This PHP code does the trick:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

include 'PEAR.php';
include 'DB.php';

?>

PEAR 1.3.2
DB 1.6.4

The output looks like this:

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 24

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 25

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 26

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 27

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 28

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 33

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 35

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 42

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 43

Notice: Constant already defined in /opt/php-4.3.8/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 44
 [2014-02-28 12:33 UTC] krakjoe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: krakjoe
 [2014-02-28 12:33 UTC] krakjoe@php.net 
Closing, for a number of reasons:

 The bug is ~10 years old.
 The original behaviour cannot be present any more.
 APC is no longer the primary, supported means by which we advise caching opcodes.

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