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Using Rocket PHP 5.4.4 Build Date Nov 21 2016 03:23:06 on a z/OS 2.2 system under Apache V9.

The fopen() function can successfully process a local file but experiences an ABEND0C4 when attempting to process a URL (e.g. http://…). The following code is an example:

$url=“http://www.rocketsoftware.com”;
**$handle = fopen($url,“r”); **
**if($handle) { **
** fclose($handle); **
** echo “

Successful fopen/fclose

When this code is executed in a browser a 500 Internal Server Error page is displayed. The following message appears on SYSLOG:

IEF450I PUBLIC STEP1 - ABEND=S0C4 U0000 REASON=00000004

The following messages appear in the Apache HTTP server error log:

AH01215: CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System Completion Code=0C4).:
AH01215: From entry point _php_stream_write_mvs at compile unit offset +000000C2 at entry offset +000000C2 at address:
AH01215: 299AD60A.:
End of script output before headers:

Assistance appreciated.

Thanks.

The example code didn’t format too well. Here it is again for clarity:

$url = “http://www.rocketsoftware.com”;
$handle = fopen($url,“r”);
if($handle) {
fclose($handle);
echo “Successful fopen/fclose”;
}
else
echo “ERROR: Could not fopen file”;

Note also that the same ABEND0C4 occurs when running the script via PHP CLI.

This problem does not manifest in our v7.0.5 port of PHP.

Hi Peter,
RichardW is a colleague of mine. If we could get php 7.0.5 we would be happy to test with our applications to see how it works out.

Cheers, Manfred

Yes, as soon as it is ready!

Thanks for reporting this problem. We are in the midst of testing an entirely new port of PHP 7.0.5. We need to make a judgement call as to whether we will patch v5.4.4 or only to ensure v7.0.5 does not exhibit this behavior. Back to you in a couple of days.
Regards,
-Peter

We are definitely interested in PHP 7. In fact, the latest level, 7.1.2, would be even better! Thanks.