zabbix issues with current php version

Hi Pavel,

Thank you for reporting this bug. It seems like you installed zabbix from source, but based upon https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/installation/requirements PHP7 isn't actually supported (cf. Bug 1571534). I'm still working through that bug now.

Additionally, backporting the fix you found (https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2e6d70787c93413daecbea529bf0f74fa901d1db is the actual commit) is non-trivial. It will take me some time to figure out how to do it.

-Nish

Note also that we have a MRE filed for php7.0 (bug 1569609). I'm going to work that a bit further today, and if we are able to update php7.0, you'll get the fix via that bug in -updates.

Hello Pavel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted php7.0 into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

As a part of the Stable Release Updates quality process a search for Launchpad bug reports using the version of php7.0 from xenial-proposed was performed and bug 1598489 was found. Please investigate this bug report to ensure that a regression will not be created by this SRU. In the event that this is not a regression remove the "verification-failed" tag from this bug report and add the tag "bot-stop-nagging" to bug 1598489 (not this bug). Thanks!

@Pavel,

Would you be able to test zabbix with the php7.0 from xenial-proposed? I do not have a zabbix installation so cannot reproduce your exact issue.

-Nish

Yes, php7.0 from xenial-proposed (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) fixes issue for me
thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package php7.0 - 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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php7.0 (7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - Closes LP: #1596578
      + Fixed in upstream 7.0.6.
    - Drop the following patches:
      + 0035-Fixed-bug-63171-script-hangs-if-odbc-call-during-tim.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + 0046-Fix-ODBC-bug-for-varchars-returning-with-length-zero.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + 0047-make-opcache-lockfile-path-configurable.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + 0048-Fix-bug-71659.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + 0050-Fix-use-of-UNDEF-instead-of-NULL-in-read_dimension.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + 0051-backport-89a43425.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + 0052-backport-186844be.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2015-8865-1.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2015-8865-2.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2016-3078.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + CVE-2016-3132.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.6 ]
      + CVE-2016-4070.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2016-4071.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2016-4072.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2016-4073.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.5 ]
      + CVE-2016-4537.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.7 ]
      + CVE-2016-4539.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.7 ]
      + CVE-2016-4540.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.7 ]
      + CVE-2016-4542.patch
        [ Fixed in upstream 7.0.7 ]
  * Backport from Debian 7.0.6-7: 'Remove php-gettext from phpX.Y-common
    provides as it clashes with existing package (Closes #823815)'
    (LP: #1569128).
  * Backport from Debian 7.0.6-8: 'Restore dba extension package'
    (LP: #1595215).
  * Regenerate d/control.

 -- Nishanth Aravamudan <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:38:14 -0700

The verification of the Stable Release Update for php7.0 has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.