Unix PHP troubles variable corrupting

AstralP

I have a problem I have been desperately trying to find a solution for. I have a script which builds up a $htmltext string to be used for sending an email. On my local machine (XP, Apache 1.3, PHP 4.3.0) the script works with no problems, however on my server (Redhat 8, Apache 2, and PHP 4.2.2) the script works but when the variable gets passed back from the build function the data is corrupted. It repeats bits of itself, and is about 3-4 times the length it should be. Because it works on the local machine I think it must be something to do with the server.

I have thought about upgrading PHP on the server, however I am new to Unix and I am worried about making the server inoperable if something goes wrong, as it has live sites on it. I wondered if anyone has heard of this problem and if there are any solutions? I need this to work and so if upgrading PHP is the solution, how easy is it to install and do I have to uninstall the version which is on it at the moment?

Thanks for your time

Andy

kevinsequeira

why dont u post ure script ??

reg
kevin

AstralP

I didn't post the script because the script works fine on my local machine, so i have eliminated it as a problem. I have just solved the problem unbelievably, I've been at this for days and as soon as I post on here I find the solution in a link from these forums to this:

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19263

The problem is with Apache 2 and it also corrupts image uploads, anyone having the same problem it is easily solved with the link above 🙂

Thanks for your help!

Andy