From: vesely at tana dot it Operating system: Solaris PHP version: 4.3.4 PHP Bug Type: DBM/DBA related Bug description: Unexpected data loss when opening dba file
Description: ------------ Opening a file in 'c' mode (see example below) truncates the file!! The docs say '"c" for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist.' I cannot understand that comment at line 658 in ext/dba/dba.c, as it seems to imply that truncating the database is necessary for locking it (??). Reproduce code: --------------- dba_open("important_data.db", "c", "db4"); Expected result: ---------------- open db (create if doesn't exist) Actual result: -------------- truncated db -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26304&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26304&r=float