ID: 11009
User Update by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Closed
Bug Type: Reproducible crash
Operating system: RedHat 6.2
PHP Version: 4.0.5
Description: Recursive call causes crash
Yeah, but the issue is not that I picked a "bad" way of doing this task, but whether
or not a recursive call should be able to go this "deep" in PHP....i guess not.
Thanks for the help though,
Jas
Previous Comments:
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[2001-05-22 00:06:08] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I personally used sprintf for this job before str_repeat came along. However, it is a
useless argument now.
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[2001-05-21 22:58:04] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yeah, but a while($length--) was super slow (10-20 times slower)...actually timed-out
on the simplest runs.
maybe a for() is faster?!
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[2001-05-21 22:53:16] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is more of a programing error. This is a poor way to use recursive calls. A
loop is the correct way to handle this.
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[2001-05-21 22:06:27] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I created a function called pad which performs exactly what str_repeat does (didn't
realize str_repeat was there originally).
function pad($length,$padVar="-"){
if($length<=0){return;}
else{return pad($length-1,$padVar).$padVar;}
}
When passing a length > about 5000 the page will not load and I quickly get this error
in the php.error log:
[notice] child pid 15040 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
I assume it is b/c the function stack is just not up to the task, but I thought I
would let you know anyway.
Of course I am using str_repeat now....
Thanks!
Jason
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