rar_open crashes apache!

[bobbinsbro]

hi all.

i am trying to extract a .rar file into a destination folder using this function:

 

function uncompRar($pathNname) {
$rh = rar_open($pathNname);
$list = rar_list($rh);
foreach ($list as $file){
	$entry = rar_entry_get($rh, $file);
	$entry->extract(getcwd().'/pics/'.$file);		
}
rar_close($rh);
}

 

every time i run this function, apache crashes, and restarts. i checked (by commenting out different lines) and found that the crash occurs at rar_open();

 

the lines from apache log re. the crash are:

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.

[Mon Oct 27 22:54:32 2008] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 255 -- Restarting.

[Mon Oct 27 22:54:32 2008] [notice] Apache/2.2.9 (Win32) PHP/5.2.6 configured -- resuming normal operations

 

help please!

 

i have php 5.2.6 with rar ext installed.

i have apache 2.2.9 running on vista home premium 32-bit.

[bobbinsbro]

bump. sorry, but i really need to get this working.

[bobbinsbro]

please... :'(

i can't find anything about this anywhere and i really need it.

i found some posts where ppl state that rar is buggy in php, but i checked the ext in pecl and there are no filed bugs for v1.0.

[kenrbnsn]

If no one is posting, it might mean that no one knows the answer either and being whiny about it won't help your cause.

 

Ken

[bobbinsbro]

lol.

thanx and sorry.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I'm going to guess that there is not any other relevant information in the log because php error_reporting or logging is disabled. Start by putting the following two lines immediately after your first opening <?php tag -

 

ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Where exactly (link?) did you get the rar .dll at?

[bobbinsbro]

- i have error reporting on, and they display to stdout. i tried adding what you suggested with no difference.

- the log is not the php error log (which has nothing logged in it as a result of this problem), but the apache error log.

- i got the .dll from the php installer, as the rar extension is bundled with the win32 php 5.2.6 installer.

 

i'll try to explain what happens better.

 

i run a script that passes the full path + file name of a .rar file to the function i posted. once the script attempts to rar_open(), the browser hangs for about 10 seconds with a "waiting for localhost" msg in the browser status bar. then i get a windows vista msg that httpd.exe (apache service) crashed and will restart. the output to the browser page is the same as what i get when i try to run a php file while my apache server is stopped.

 

i verified that the problem is with rar_open(). the rest of the script works just fine, as i use the same code (but with a different function call) to decompress zip files.

[ThatGuyBob]

I'm having the very same problem, and my environment looks to be very similar to yours (PHP 5.2.6, Apache 2.2.9, Vista HP).

Apache's error.log is not very helpful:

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
[crit] Parent: child process exited with status 3 -- Aborting.

 

Did you ever find a solution to this issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[lanmonkey]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=This+application+has+requested+the+Runtime+to+terminate+it+in+an+unusual+way.&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

[ThatGuyBob]

Again, not very helpful.

 

Major results included a hotfix for WinXP not applicable to my environment, and disabling Vista's UAC, which does nothing to solve the issue.

 

Anyone ELSE want to take a crack at this?  I'm particularly interested in responses from anyone who has actually encountered this issue and resolved it...