#36646 [Com]: foreach($_SESSION as $key => $value) unset($_SESSION[$key]) crashes apache2

 ID:               36646
 Comment by:       jay at websynergia dot com
 Reported By:      christian dot cal at gmx dot de
 Status:           No Feedback
 Bug Type:         Session related
 Operating System: Windows XP
 PHP Version:      5.1.2
 New Comment:

$_SESSION = array();

Why not just do the above if you want to clear the session array?

It has always worked for me regardless.


Previous Comments:
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[2007-03-30 22:16:55] grafelbd at telstar-online dot net

I am using PHP 5.2.1 and I have tested this same issue with an array of
15 items with randomly generated strings, and this bug did not affect
me.

I tried using PHP 5.2.1 both as an Apache module (running Apache
2.0.59) and as a FastCGI but was unable to reproduce this error in
either setup.

I believe this bug might have been resolved in PHP 5.2.1 ? Unless all
of you are referring to Apache 2.2.x, which I have not tested.

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[2007-03-30 00:17:05] no at email dot here

No crash for me, but I confirm the bug with php version 5.2.0 under
windows : no unset the variables

The proposed solution is OK :

$helper=&$_SESSION;
foreach ($helper as $key => $value){
  unset($helper[$key]);
}

Thanks

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[2006-09-18 13:53:29] s dot stok at rollerscapes dot net

Im ussing the latest version of php5.2, and i also haffing this
problem.

The whird thing is that on my linux box everything works fine,only on
windows it fails to work.
Only the workaround makes it work.

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[2006-08-27 01:12:36] joe at gmail dot com

Actually to clarify, it doesn't crash Apache on my computer, but it
doesn't unset the variables!

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[2006-08-27 01:09:31] joe at gmail dot com

I'm running 5.1.6 and I have this problem... it still hasn't been
fixed!

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