explode problem - weird PHP issue

[rrsub]

For weeks, my script that has an explode() statement worked well. All of a sudden, it stopped exploding.

No changes were made to the code, settings on the server, etc...

I rebooted the server and it still didn't work. All of a sudden, it started to work again.

The data comes from a POST form which is a directory listing so it's really not dependent on anything else.

What happened here?

 

[sleipnir214]

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Platform? Running PHP as CGI or module? PHP version? Code snippet?

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[rrsub]

Windows 2000, module, 4.2.3 with mssql

What doesn't make sense is that it stopped working where no changes were made.

########## snip ############

if (isset($_POST['listing'])){

$list = $_POST['listing'];
$image = explode("h.jpg", $list);

$i=0;
while (strlen($image[$i])>>4){
$image['h'][$i]= $image[$i]."h.jpg";
$image['t'][$i]= $image[$i]."t.jpg";
$image['w'][$i]= $image[$i]."w.jpg";
$i++;
}
$image_ct = $i;
$image_ct_list = $i-1;

$title = "Category, Photographer, and Image Verification";
include ("form_hdr.php" //-Header List

print $image_ct.&quot; images to add.<br>\n&quot;;

print &quot;<br><br>\n&quot;;
print &quot;<table border='1' align=center>&quot;;

for ($i = 0; $i <= $image_ct_list; $i++){
print &quot;<tr>\n&quot;;
print &quot;<td>&quot;.($i+1).&quot;</td>\n&quot;;
print &quot;<td>&quot;.$image['h'][$i].&quot;</td>\n&quot;;
print &quot;<td>&quot;.$image['t'][$i].&quot;</td>\n&quot;;
print &quot;<td>&quot;.$image['w'][$i].&quot;</td>\n&quot;;
print &quot;</tr>\n&quot;;
}
print &quot;</table>\n&quot;;

 

[sleipnir214]

The only thing I can think of is a bug in that version of PHP. Can you upgrade?

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[rrsub]

I was afraid to because this is a production server and this tool is vital. If it happens again, I will. That's the only thing I can think of too.

Thanks. You've been a great help many times.

 

[sleipnir214]

Just out of curiosity, what are you using explode() to do?

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There are users that make Hi-res images and they batch those to make thumbnails and watermarked images.

The images are identical in name except for the h.jpg, t.jpg, w.jpg.

Someone uploads the images and someone enters where these images go in the database. Why there are 3 entries for the same image is beyond me and that's the way the programmers want to keep it. The site is in ASP and the directory structure is a mess.

This was my solution to help with the mass entry of images and has already taken what used to take 3 minutes for 10 images (manually) now takes 5 seconds for hundreds.

Anyway, the user takes a directory listing of the hi-res images and pastes it into the form. The script explodes the input and inserts it into the databae.