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Thread Safety: PHP 5, Apache 2, and Windows

Asked by gr8gonzo in PHP Installation, Apache Web Server, PHP for Windows

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I've been trying to look up thread safety issues with some of my Windows-based Apache / PHP setups, but am coming up short.

Currently, I have a couple non-public web servers running WIndows Server, Apache 2, and PHP 5. The PHP versions that I used were NOT the "non-thread-safe" versions available for download from the PHP site.

#1. With my setup, should I be using the default/standard binaries for Windows, or should I be using the non-thread-safe ones?

#2. I've noticed some glitches over time and wonder if they are the result of using the standard versions instead of the non-thread-safe versions. For example, some scripts that use GD to piece together multiple GIF files sometimes have strange-looking results, as if GD had just glitched. It happens about 1 in 4 times, but the script rarely runs and is not public, so has not been a priority.

I also have a script that calculates the crc32() values of files in a directory. Once in a blue moon, this causes the Apache process to crash. It still SEEMS like Apache is running after the crash, but I usually restart the service, just in case.

Neither of these problems is hardware-specific. They happen on local development Windows XP boxes as well as different servers. The only thing they all have in common is default PHP 5 binaries, Apache 2, and Windows.

(I've also used different minor versions of PHP 5 and Apache 2, although they don't seem to make a difference.)Start Free Trial
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