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    This is a funny little question that my friend thought up.
    Can you crash a server with a php script math function to divide by zero?
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    No. PHP would throw an error, e.g.

    Warning: Division by zero in /path/to/script.php on line X
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    LOL! That probably happened in PHP 0.1 beta!
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    lol.
    • CommentAuthorEcko
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2008 edited by Ecko on the 11th May 2008 at 00:18:46 EDT
     
    How about making a script that plays with imaginary numbers?
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    No, about the worst you can do on a properly configured server is start an infinite loop. At that point, PHP will use all the memory it is allotted, and stop.

    On a really poorly configured server, you could execute server commands to delete important files and shutdown the system.

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