php-strace

php-strace helps to track down segfaults in running php processes. It starts a new strace instance for every running php5-cgi or php-fpm process to monitor whether a segfault happened. If a segfault occurs, it will display the strace output of the faulty process.

Requirements

• Linux
• PHP 5.3.3 or later
• strace installed
• root access

Installation and Downloads

Download latest version and extract it to any folder

• php-strace-0.3.tar.gz
• php-strace-0.2.tar.gz

Usage

$ sudo ./php-strace

Commandline options

Usage: ./php-strace [ options ]
-h|--help               show this help
-l|--lines <integer>    output the last N lines of a stacktrace. Default: 100
--process-name <string> name of running php processes. Default: autodetect
--live                  search while running for new upcoming pid's

Development

• Checkout repository

• Install vagrant and then run

  $ vagrant up $ vagrant ssh $ ./php-strace

Testing

To run the tests ssh to your vagrant machine and enter:

$ /vagrant/scripts/phpunit

Contact

• Github: http://www.github.com/markus-perl/php-strace
• E-Mail: markus open-mmx.de