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Hi Matt,

thanks for the info. Looking the XAMPP site, it seems that the latest available package is:

XAMPP Lite 1.6.6a - with Apache 2.2.8 + PHP 5.2.5 + MySQL 5.0.51a
( http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html#646 )

Do you think it's a better combination? If so, I can try to upgrade all Windows packages in a couple of days.

Ciao

I've just been googling and have not been able to find out whether this is more stable or not. On the basis of knowing for sure that the current version is broken and that upgrades sometimes fix things, I would love it if you could update the packages, which I will be happy to test

I found this site whilst searching that details a recent workaround and suggests that it may be certain modules causing the problem:
http://www.davidwesterfield.net/index.php?entry=entry080303-115041

That solution failed. http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=90022#p412059

http://www.apachelounge.com/download/ Seems like a better solution than xampp as its optimised for windows including memory leak fixes. Would that be harder to use, or no different?

Problem with apachelounge, AFAIK is that it's only apache (no mysql bundled in the same package). And we need both.

Anyway, I'll try to rebuild packages ASAP to use the latest XAMPP release available (I'm only some bugs away to arrive here).

Ciao

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=93358

Seems like apache lounge works well.

From what I can tell, apache lounge use the same method of running the executable without installing it, so after php5 and mod_never_expires are added, it should be possible to just drop it into the XAMPP folder to replace the existing apache. Testing this now...

mod_php5 says: "Runs only with PHP 5.1.0-5.1.6 and Apache 2.2.x
" whereas XAMPP uses 5.2.5. Need to downgrade.

Oops, my bad. It only needs a special version of the php5 dll for php versions lower than php 5.2.x.

I have now dropped the apachelounge distribution directly into my xampp folder as follows:

1. download and install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package from www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en

2. unzip the apachelounge package (Apache2 folder) and place it into the XAMPP directory

3. alter paths in the /conf/httpd.conf file so that server root, document root and the CGI paths are how they should be (varies according to where you have installed XAMPP)

4. Add the following lines to httpd.conf:

LoadModule php5_module "c:/path-to-php/php5apache2.dll"

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

1. configure the path to php.ini - you may have been using the one in /apache/bin, so make
2. sure the copy you want is in the right place

PHPIniDir "C:/path-to-php"

5. Save httpd.conf

6. copy libmysql.dll and ntwdblib.dll from the old apache/bin folder to the new Apache2/bin folder

test.

Apache is running at 25MB at rest now and releases memory as it should. I think this is the way to go.

Great research, Matt! Thanks!

I'm going to update Win packages to the latest XAMPP available at fist term. If that doesn't fix the memory problem (has anybody tested that?) we'll need to try your alternative. Just thinking it requires that "extra" download from MS making the package not 100% self-contained, grrr.

Ciao

Hi,

I've updated packages to use XAMPP Lite 1.6.6a - with Apache 2.2.8 + PHP 5.2.5 + MySQL 5.0.51a

initial tests here point to 21-23 MB, releasing after each request. I only have had it running 1 hour.

Packages are being rebuilt right now... so in some minutes they'll be available at:

http://download.moodle.org/windows

Any feedback about memory usage will be really welcome. It's the key to see if we need to switch to other alternatives like the one exposed by Matt above.

TIA and ciao

Closing this as current versions seems to be free of leaks... though we'll have to upgrade soon to a newer package using PHP 5.2.8, mainly due to Moodle 2.0 requirements.

Versions are specified in the first page of installation.

Please, create a new bug if necessary. Thanks a ciao

Linked with MDLSITE-627 where the upgrade of XAMPP will happen.