ini_set or htaccess memory_limit kills php processing

[mrlugal]

Any ideas or help here would be much appreciated!

I updated PHP/Apache last night and any site that has either:
ini_set(memory_limit) or an
htaccess php_value memory_limit

(Any other ini_set or php_value settings are still fine)

command does not process any php files and returns page cannot be displayed 0 bytes from the browser. I thought it might have been something with suHosin at first but haven't had any luck with it.

Is there a default setting that I might be missing or security option somewhere?


PHP config --
'./configure' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--enable-libxml' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-pdo=shared' '--enable-sockets' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-curl=/opt/curlssl/' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--with-gettext' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2/' '--with-mcrypt=/opt/libmcrypt/' '--with-mhash=/opt/mhash/' '--with-mm=/opt/mm/' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-openssl-dir=/usr' '--with-pcre-regex=/opt/pcre' '--with-pdo-mysql=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=shared' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-pspell' '--with-sqlite=shared' '--with-ttf' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-zlib' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr'

[garrettp]

Could be Suhosin:

Hardened-PHP Project - PHP Security - Configuration

Check your php.ini to see what the memory_limit Suhosin value is set to (0 means disabled, allowing users to set their own).

[cPanelDon]

Any ideas or help here would be much appreciated!

I updated PHP/Apache last night and any site that has either:
ini_set(memory_limit) or an
htaccess php_value memory_limit

(Any other ini_set or php_value settings are still fine)

command does not process any php files and returns page cannot be displayed 0 bytes from the browser. I thought it might have been something with suHosin at first but haven't had any luck with it.

Is there a default setting that I might be missing or security option somewhere?


PHP config --
'./configure' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-discard-path' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--enable-libxml' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-pdo=shared' '--enable-sockets' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-curl=/opt/curlssl/' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--with-gettext' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-libxml-dir=/opt/xml2/' '--with-mcrypt=/opt/libmcrypt/' '--with-mhash=/opt/mhash/' '--with-mm=/opt/mm/' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-openssl-dir=/usr' '--with-pcre-regex=/opt/pcre' '--with-pdo-mysql=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=shared' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-pspell' '--with-sqlite=shared' '--with-ttf' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6' '--with-zlib' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr'

What was the prior PHP version? What is the new PHP version installed?

I would save a backup of and then reset the main PHP configuration file(s), named php.ini, using the following commands (entered in the order listed):

# mv -v /usr/local/lib/php.ini /usr/local/lib/php.ini.backup
# mv -v /usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini /usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini.backup
# /scripts/phpini

Here is an example of what the output may look like (assuming both PHP5 and PHP4 are installed):

# mv -v /usr/local/lib/php.ini /usr/local/lib/php.ini.backup
`/usr/local/lib/php.ini' -> `/usr/local/lib/php.ini.backup'
# mv -v /usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini /usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini.backup
`/usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini' -> `/usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini.backup'
# /scripts/phpini
Updating php.ini for /usr/local ...Done
Updating php.ini for /usr/local/php4 ...Done
Updated php.ini default values to version 3.3
Restarting Apache
info [safeapacherestart] Restart elapsed seconds: 1

[mrlugal]

Thanks for the feedback!

Yep I tried suhosin setting both to zero or a large number to see if it was killing the scripts.

The PHP version was the same (5.2.9), don't have php4 setup, I just recompiled adding PDO extensions using easy apache.

I tried the /scripts/phpini command but it didn't return any output.

[cPanelDon]

Thanks for the feedback!

Yep I tried suhosin setting both to zero or a large number to see if it was killing the scripts.

The PHP version was the same (5.2.9), don't have php4 setup, I just recompiled adding PDO extensions using easy apache.

I tried the /scripts/phpini command but it didn't return any output.

Did you rename, i.e., move, the existing PHP configuration "php.ini" file so that a freshly reset php.ini could be installed? A new copy of the main php.ini will only be written if it does not already exist.

I recommend upgrading PHP to a newer version (e.g., PHP 5.2.15); it is entirely possible that using an old version may exacerbate any issues, making it more difficult to diagnose, investigate and resolve.