You mean this task: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9601?

Which versions of php and apache do you use? How could I reproduce this problem?

Using php 5.2.5-10 and apache 2.2.8-2 I don't have any problems.

Did you test it against mod_php or the php cgi? Last time the cgi was fine but the module was broken. I'm using the latest versions of both apache and php from extra.

Just realised that you linked the earlier bug. Below is a copy of my pacman logs from the last couple of days, everything thing was working perfectly until I updated on the 11th. The problem is occuring for me using drupal, its not obvious to look at but big sections of text that displayed fine before are now non-existant. You can see it on orodor.org.uk.


[2008-04-11 12:17] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-11 12:17] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-11 12:17] upgraded libarchive (2.4.12-1 -> 2.4.17-1)
[2008-04-11 12:17] upgraded pacman (3.1.3-1 -> 3.1.4-1)
[2008-04-11 12:17] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-11 12:17] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-11 12:17] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded apache (2.2.8-1 -> 2.2.8-2)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded glib2 (2.14.5-1 -> 2.16.3-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded atk (1.20.0-1 -> 1.22.0-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded curl (7.18.0-1 -> 7.18.1-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded fltk (1.1.7-3 -> 1.1.8-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded libcups (1.3.6-1 -> 1.3.7-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded pango (1.18.4-1 -> 1.20.2-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded gtk2 (2.12.8-1 -> 2.12.9-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded kbd (1.12.20070827-2 -> 1.14.1.20080309-2)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded libgsf (1.14.7-1 -> 1.14.8-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded librsvg (2.20.0-1 -> 2.22.2-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded libtool (1.5.26-1 -> 2.2-2)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded lua (5.1.3-1 -> 5.1.3-2)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded man-pages (2.78-1 -> 2.79-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] installed klibc-kbd (1.15.20080312-5)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.5.17-2 -> 0.5.18.1-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded netkit-ftp (0.17-4 -> 0.17-5)
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] ==> PHP modules
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] PHP has been built with optional modules. To enable these modules,
[2008-04-11 12:19] uncomment the modules from php.ini
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] Some of them require extra packages to be installed:
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] * bz2 : bzip2
[2008-04-11 12:19] * curl : curl
[2008-04-11 12:19] * dba : gdbm
[2008-04-11 12:19] * gd : libpng, libjpeg, freetype2
[2008-04-11 12:19] * imap : pam
[2008-04-11 12:19] * ldap : libldap
[2008-04-11 12:19] * mcrypt : mcrypt, libtool
[2008-04-11 12:19] * mysql/mysqli : libmysqlclient
[2008-04-11 12:19] * odbc/pdo_odbc : unixodbc
[2008-04-11 12:19] * openssl : openssl
[2008-04-11 12:19] * pgsql/pdo_pgsql : postgresql-libs
[2008-04-11 12:19] * pspell : aspell
[2008-04-11 12:19] * snmp : net-snmp
[2008-04-11 12:19] * sqlite : sqlite3
[2008-04-11 12:19] * tidy : tidyhtml
[2008-04-11 12:19] * xsl : libxslt
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] ==> PHP-CGI and FCGI
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] There are several cgi relevant settings in your php.ini. Make sure to
[2008-04-11 12:19] adjust them according to your needs. At least you should activate the
[2008-04-11 12:19] cgi.fix_pathinfo directive in php.ini by uncommenting it.
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] ==> Review your php.ini
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] Your php installation has been updated. You should review your current
[2008-04-11 12:19] php.ini and check any upstream changes according to the default
[2008-04-11 12:19] configuration which can be found at php.ini.pacnew.
[2008-04-11 12:19]
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded php (5.2.5-7 -> 5.2.5-10)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded rubygems (1.0.1-1 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded subversion (1.4.5-4 -> 1.4.6-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded tzdata (2007k-2 -> 2008b-1)
[2008-04-11 12:19] upgraded unzip (5.52-3 -> 5.52-4)
[2008-04-13 13:18] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-13 13:18] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-13 13:18] starting full system upgrade
[2008-04-13 13:18] installed pixman (0.10.0-1)
[2008-04-13 13:18] upgraded cairo (1.4.14-1 -> 1.6.4-1)
[2008-04-13 13:18] upgraded pango (1.20.2-1 -> 1.20.2-2)
[2008-04-13 13:18] upgraded gtk2 (2.12.9-1 -> 2.12.9-2)
[2008-04-14 06:06] synchronizing package lists
[2008-04-14 06:06] starting full system upgrade

Sorry, I still cannot confirm this problem. Did you test the script I posted in the bug report mentioned above? Which pcre version does phpinfo() show? I have tested php-cgi, php-cli and mod_php without any problems.

Just to make sure: Did you restart apache after upgrading?

This problem seems to have fixed itself.