mod_php5 uses temporary files for parsing?

Question

I've noticed that most of my more annoying errors generate parse errors similar to this one in my logs:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in 
d:\docume~1\***\locals~1\temp\tmpwvpo4p on line 5.

This is annoying to say the least, because I have not a clue what exactly that is supposed to be, and like a good program, PHP cleans up the temporary files after itself properly.

Anyone have any ideas what is happening here, or how I can figure out what's actually going on?

Answer 1

Are you using a PHP accelerator somewhere? If so, disable that and try again.

Other than that, check that your application isn't writing and executing its own scripts. That sort of thing would cause the behaviour you're seeing, but is also quite insane :)

Answer 2

Are you including files from HTTP or other remote protocols, or via phar or zip archives?

Answer 3

Please call phpinfo() and paste the results here.