Unexpected Connection Reset: A PHP or an Apache issue?

Question

I have a PHP script that keeps stopping at the same place every time and my browser reports:

The connection to the server was reset while the page w

Answer 1

It's an old post, I know, but since I couldn't find the solution to my problem anywhere and I've fixed it, I'll share my experience. The main cause of my problem was a file_exists() function call.
The file actually existed, but for some reason an extra forward slash on the file location ("//") that normally works on a regular browser, seems not to work in PHP. Maybe your problem is related to something similar. Hope this helps someone!

Answer 2

I had an issue where in certain cases PHP 5.4 + eAccelerator = connection reset. There was no error output in any log files, and it only happened on certain URLs, which made it difficult to diagnose. Turns out it only happened for certain PHP code / certain PHP files, and was due to some incompatibilities with specific PHP code and eAccelerator. Easiest solution was to disable eAccelerator for that specific site, by adding the following to .htaccess file

php_flag eaccelerator.enable 0

php_flag eaccelerator.optimizer 0

(or equivalent lines in php.ini):

eaccelerator.enable="0"

eaccelerator.optimizer="0"