The same problem has occurred even after updating to 5.4.28:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000080588dcd2 in zend_stack_push () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp5.so
#1  0x0000000805860d8b in compile_file () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp5.so
#2  0x000000080aab95c4 in phar_compile_file () from /usr/local/lib/php/20100525/phar.so
#3  0x000000080588e4bd in zend_execute_scripts () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp5.so
#4  0x0000000805937ce1 in zend_get_zval_ptr () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/libphp5.so
#5  0x000000000044e91a in ap_run_handler ()
#6  0x0000000000452682 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#7  0x0000000000463baa in ap_internal_redirect ()
#8  0x000000080546b640 in handler_redirect () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so
#9  0x000000000044e91a in ap_run_handler ()
#10 0x0000000000452682 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#11 0x0000000000463f8e in ap_process_async_request ()
#12 0x00000000004640cf in ap_process_request ()
#13 0x0000000000460815 in ap_process_http_connection ()
#14 0x0000000000458c22 in ap_run_process_connection ()
#15 0x000000000046a327 in child_main ()
#16 0x000000000046a5a4 in make_child ()
#17 0x000000000046af06 in prefork_run ()
#18 0x00000000004360b2 in ap_run_mpm ()
#19 0x000000000043021b in main ()

We'll probably need a stack trace with line numbers to be able to diagnose this fully, although it looks like it might be an issue that's getting triggered by PHAR.

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Bellow is the stack trace with line numbers. Meanwhile the PHP has been upgraded to 5.5.19 and apache to 2.4.10.

(gdb) bt
#0  zend_stack_push (stack=0x805aa4640, element=0x805aa4618, size=<value optimized out>)
    at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.19/Zend/zend_stack.c:42
#1  0x00000008056647ab in compile_file (file_handle=0x7fffffffd640, type=2) at zend_language_scanner.l:586
#2  0x000000080c9ce935 in phar_compile_file () from /usr/local/lib/php/20121212/phar.so
#3  0x0000000806c8e95e in persistent_compile_file () from /usr/local/lib/php/20121212/opcache.so
#4  0x000000080569b91d in zend_execute_scripts (type=2, retval=0x0, file_count=1) at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.19/Zend/zend.c:1322
#5  0x0000000805748e01 in php_handler (r=0x8125f0620) at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.19/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c:669
#6  0x000000000044f07a in ap_run_handler ()
#7  0x0000000000452de2 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#8  0x000000000046449a in ap_internal_redirect ()
#9  0x000000080526e820 in ?? () from /usr/local/libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so
#10 0x000000000044f07a in ap_run_handler ()
#11 0x0000000000452de2 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#12 0x000000000046487e in ap_process_async_request ()
#13 0x00000000004649bf in ap_process_request ()
#14 0x0000000000461115 in ap_expr_yylex ()
#15 0x0000000000459452 in ap_run_process_connection ()
#16 0x000000000046ac27 in ap_set_etag ()
#17 0x000000000046aea4 in ap_set_etag ()
#18 0x000000000046b806 in ap_set_etag ()
#19 0x0000000000436462 in ap_run_mpm ()
#20 0x0000000000430543 in main ()

Please re-open the bug. I'm getting ERROR: You aren't allowed to change a bug to that state.

Trying to re-open.

The error message is:
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.

Same here:
Ubuntu 14.04
PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.5
Apache 2.4.7

This happend every few minutes on a php file with highest requests on our server (8 req/sec)

#0  0x00007ff0931da97d in zend_stack_push (stack=stack@entry=0x7ff0939a0ca0 <compiler_globals+608>, element=element@entry=0x7ff0939a0c78 <compiler_globals+568>, 
    size=size@entry=40) at /build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/Zend/zend_stack.c:42
#1  0x00007ff0931a631e in compile_file (file_handle=file_handle@entry=0x7fffe2adee30, type=2) at Zend/zend_language_scanner.l:586
#2  0x00007ff0931cbafa in dtrace_compile_file (file_handle=0x7fffe2adee30, type=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/Zend/zend_dtrace.c:40
#3  0x00007ff093054cb4 in phar_compile_file (file_handle=<optimized out>, type=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/ext/phar/phar.c:3383
#4  0x00007ff0931dd57f in zend_execute_scripts (type=type@entry=2, retval=retval@entry=0x0, file_count=file_count@entry=1) at /build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/Zend/zend.c:1308
#5  0x00007ff09328d4fd in php_handler (r=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/php5-5.5.9+dfsg/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c:669
#6  0x00007ff097b8a680 in ap_run_handler ()
#7  0x00007ff097b8abc9 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#8  0x00007ff097ba016a in ap_process_async_request ()
#9  0x00007ff097ba0444 in ap_process_request ()
#10 0x00007ff097b9cf02 in ?? ()
#11 0x00007ff097b93cc0 in ap_run_process_connection ()
#12 0x00007ff093bad767 in ?? () from /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
#13 0x00007ff093bad9a6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
#14 0x00007ff093bae60e in ?? () from /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
#15 0x00007ff097b7169e in ap_run_mpm ()
#16 0x00007ff097b6ae36 in main ()

getriebesand dtrace? Try it without dtrace.

I don't know how. I don't use dtrace. Maybe I have to file a bug report to the maintainer of the package. (I use the default packege for ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

then forget my bt and use majo-bugs's bt

But this error is hard to reproduce because it only happens on many requests.

Bofore I had have opcache enabled and got many fatal error that a function can not be redeclared. But I checked the code many times. Even with require_once and  check if function_exists().
Then I disabled opcache and since then I get seg faults.

I use Apache mpm-prefork and have tried to use different configs (reduce MaxConnectionsPerChild...) but it didn't solve anything.

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This still happens to me:
PHP 5.5.21
Apache 2.4.12
FreeBSD 9.3

Core was generated by `httpd'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
[New Thread 802007400 (LWP 101477/httpd)]
#0  zend_stack_push (stack=0x805aa4660, element=0x805aa4638, size=<value optimized out>) at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.21/Zend/zend_stack.c:42
#1  0x00000008056648fb in compile_file (file_handle=0x7fffffffe690, type=2) at zend_language_scanner.l:586
#2  0x0000000808dce935 in phar_compile_file () from /usr/local/lib/php/20121212/phar.so
#3  0x0000000806c8e8de in persistent_compile_file () from /usr/local/lib/php/20121212/opcache.so
#4  0x000000080569ba0d in zend_execute_scripts (type=2, retval=0x0, file_count=1) at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.21/Zend/zend.c:1319
#5  0x0000000805748ef1 in php_handler (r=0x8073730a0) at /tmp/portbuild/usr/ports/www/mod_php55/work/php-5.5.21/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c:669
#6  0x000000000044f4aa in ap_run_handler ()
#7  0x0000000000453202 in ap_invoke_handler ()
#8  0x000000000046522e in ap_process_async_request ()
#9  0x000000000046536f in ap_process_request ()
#10 0x0000000000461a85 in ap_expr_yylex ()
#11 0x0000000000459da2 in ap_run_process_connection ()
#12 0x000000000046b897 in ap_set_etag ()
#13 0x000000000046bb14 in ap_set_etag ()
#14 0x000000000046c476 in ap_set_etag ()
#15 0x0000000000436622 in ap_run_mpm ()
#16 0x0000000000430703 in main ()

Re-openning

Re-openning

Is this still an issue with any of the actively supported PHP
versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>

Not any more. Closing it.