Recommended update for PHP4

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(Last modified: 22JAN2004)

solutions Recommended update for PHP4 SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (05bfd193c8e6d2c1b9f98a77a8df73d8)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE Linux School Server for i386
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for x86
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IPF
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4

Package: mod_php4-core
mod_php4
mod_php4-servlet
Release: 20040122
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using PHP4's session handling functions should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Wrong type usage caused two errors within PHP4's session handling:

Session variables where not read from /tmp/sess_* files, thus rendering session management useless in most cases.
The functions print() and echo() did not produce any output whenever a session was started with session_start().

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rpm -Fvh mod_php4-core.rpm mod_php4.rpm mod_php4-servlet.rpm
Please restart the web server after the update for the patches to become active.

links to download packages

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Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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