I have an app that is going berzerk on its own; without any code or
environmental changes of any kind, for some bizarre reason it will
randomly just hang, spawn multiple Apache processes and completely
ignore max_execution_time, literally running infinitely.

Using PHP 5.2.0, Apache 1.3 and Win XP

Is this normal "bizarre" behavior that can occur within this setup; if
so, what workarounds have you found to combat this, other than the
obvious (try to debug and fix code)?

Thanx
Phil

comp.lang.php wrote:

> I have an app that is going berzerk on its own; without any code or
> environmental changes of any kind, for some bizarre reason it will
> randomly just hang, spawn multiple Apache processes and completely
> ignore max_execution_time, literally running infinitely.
>
> Using PHP 5.2.0, Apache 1.3 and Win XP
>
> Is this normal "bizarre" behavior that can occur within this setup; if
> so, what workarounds have you found to combat this, other than the
> obvious (try to debug and fix code)?
>
> Thanx
> Phil

Hi Phil,

No good. :-(
A few things to check:
1) Apache spawning multiple processes is normal. Do you see a *lot of extra*
processes coming into existance after calling some page?

2) What does a simple script containing only phpinfo(); produce?
Does that hang too?

3) Check your Apache logfiles. Look for errors.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

comp.lang.php wrote:

> I have an app that is going berzerk on its own; without any code or
> environmental changes of any kind, for some bizarre reason it will
> randomly just hang, spawn multiple Apache processes and completely
> ignore max_execution_time, literally running infinitely.
>
> Using PHP 5.2.0, Apache 1.3 and Win XP
>
> Is this normal "bizarre" behavior that can occur within this setup; if
> so, what workarounds have you found to combat this, other than the
> obvious (try to debug and fix code)?
>
> Thanx
> Phil

Hi Phil,

No good. :-(
A few things to check:
1) Apache spawning multiple processes is normal. Do you see a *lot of extra*
processes coming into existance after calling some page?

2) What does a simple script containing only phpinfo(); produce?
Does that hang too?

3) Check your Apache logfiles. Look for errors.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

Erwin Moller wrote:
> comp.lang.php wrote:
>
> > I have an app that is going berzerk on its own; without any code or
> > environmental changes of any kind, for some bizarre reason it will
> > randomly just hang, spawn multiple Apache processes and completely
> > ignore max_execution_time, literally running infinitely.
> >
> > Using PHP 5.2.0, Apache 1.3 and Win XP
> >
> > Is this normal "bizarre" behavior that can occur within this setup; if
> > so, what workarounds have you found to combat this, other than the
> > obvious (try to debug and fix code)?
> >
> > Thanx
> > Phil
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> No good. :-(

I can get it to work normally only when I do a computer hard reboot.
Really not good :(

> A few things to check:
> 1) Apache spawning multiple processes is normal. Do you see a *lot of extra*
> processes coming into existance after calling some page?

Yes, like several dozen at once

>
> 2) What does a simple script containing only phpinfo(); produce?
> Does that hang too?

Yes.

>
> 3) Check your Apache logfiles. Look for errors.

No errors generated whatsoever. No warnings, no notices, nothing.

>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller