php 5.2.0 update problem

[linksys]

Yes, it is, on line 51 (as far as line 61 is concerned).

Or the new PHP altered the behavior of the "global" statement so the value of $db is not passed into functions or got overwritten?

I am poking around in the code...just baffled. Interesting...

[DrByte]

I just installed PHP 5.2.0 on a test windows machine running IIS, along with Zen Cart v1.3.6, and it works without any errors.

[ca18]

I have found something interesting:

http://drupal.org/node/61900

[linksys]

I just installed PHP 5.2.0 on a test windows machine running IIS, along with Zen Cart v1.3.6, and it works without any errors.

I have a little different setup:
1) On CentOS 4.4
2) Upgraded from Zencart 1.3.5.0.2 to v1.3.6. Worked all good with PHP 5.1.6

Then I upgraded PHP to 5.2.0 and got this error.

[ca18]

SuSE 10.0 with kernel 2.6.x.y here.

[linksys]

I have found something interesting:

http://drupal.org/node/61900

Hey DrByte, I think the above link likely addresses the same issue here. Look at the "Finally Tracked This Down" part and the "Problem Background" part:

Finally Tracked This Down

This is a bug PHP's behavior with global variables. I have a simplified test case which shows the problem in operation and offers a fix.

This has been hard to resolve - this "login issue" can manifest itself from other bugs that involve session ID's and cookies. This is yet another issue.

[DrByte]

Looks similar. I don't see a resolution there that's of much use to anyone other than the PHP folks ...

[linksys]

I put a var_dump($db) before line 61 in sessions.php and it printed NULL.

The question is, why this global variable issue only affects the session code? Other zen-cart functions all work well - browsing products, adding to cart, etc... I would expect other functions also use "global" to pass in class objects, don't they?

[sh33pz]

My clients on my server also have the same issue... There seems to be a issue with ZenCart and php-5.2. In order to correct the issue I had to roll back php to 5.1.6.

Any Idea when a fix/patch will be released?

[DrByte]

If one of you is interested in providing me with FTP+admin access to your PHP 5.2.0 server, I'll be happy to debug and come up with a solution.

PM me with details and I'll look at it this evening ...