Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79714&edit=1
ID: 79714
Updated by: c...@php.net
Reported by: henry dot wood dot dk at gmail dot com
Summary: Extension bcgen + PHAR archives appear not to be
able to work together
Status: Open
Type: Bug
-Package: PHAR related
+Package: PECL
Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04
PHP Version: 7.2.31
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This is almost certainly a bcgen issue; just compare the
implementations of file_cache_compile_file in ZendAccelerator.c.
bcgen is missing phar handling there (and maybe elsewhere).
Previous Comments:
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[2020-06-18 21:44:39] henry dot wood dot dk at gmail dot com
No, I don't have a specific reason to believe that the problem is with the PHAR
extension. However, it should be obvious by now that the combination of BCGEN +
PHAR does not work as expected.
As previously stated, I have already submitted a bugreport to the authors of
BCGEN, but as also previously stated, I appeared to be in need of help if this
problem is to be resolved.
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[2020-06-18 21:00:36] henry dot wood dot dk at gmail dot com
As BCGEN is based on opcache code, I would - ideally - very much like for
someone in the PHP Team to reach out to the BCGEN authors (either the opcache
code authors and/or the PHAR authors) and help the authors of BCGEN as it is my
feeling that the authors of BCGEN have admitted to not knowing enough about
opcache code and/or PHAR extension in order to solve the problem on their own.
The goal would then - of course - be to benefit the BCGEN extension in such a
way that it will become compatible with PHP version 7.2+.
Ultimately, I would like to achieve a situation where PHARs can be used to
distribute applications in a way/format which is not so easily reverse
engineered.
This would indeed benefit the entire PHP community in my humble opinion.
I think it is about time that it becomes possible to distribute PHARs in a
secure manner.
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[2020-06-18 20:30:59] henry dot wood dot dk at gmail dot com
I have previously reported what I think is the same bug to bcgen - Please see:
https://github.com/vjardin/bcgen/issues/10
Also running the simple.phar file on the command line, yields an exit code of
130.
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[2020-06-18 20:21:15] ni...@php.net
Do you have any specific reason to believe this issue is on the phar side
rather than the bcgen side? I would recommend reporting the issue with bcgen
first.
As the project is compatible only with PHP 7.2 and PHP 7.2 is no longer
actively supported, we will not be able to fix anything anyway (though if the
issue is indeed on the phar side, future versions may be fixed -- that's a big
if though).
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[2020-06-18 20:11:29] henry dot wood dot dk at gmail dot com
Possible conclusion:
Any compiled file *WITHIN* the phar archive 'simple.phar' is simply read as-is
and not parsed/evaluated/executed - however, the BCGEN header appears to be
stripped from the output.
Any normal PHP file *WITHIN* the phar archive 'simple.phar' is read, parsed,
evaluted and executed as expected.
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