[Suite] vB upgrade from 4.0.3 to 4.0.8 breaks php_value auto_prepend_file functionality...?

[john2k]

I've been using php_value auto_prepend_file via .htaccess to add a stats tracker into vB files for over 2 years now. It has worked flawlessly during that time, both with version 3 & up to 4.03 of vB.

After upgrading to vB 4.0.8 my vB pages now load incomplete when auto prepend is turned on in .htaccess.

I checked everything. Completely disabled any mods, turned off the hook system, etc, etc. Finally was able to narrow this issue down to being something to do with php_value auto_prepend_file functionality.

And as I already mentioned, php_value auto_prepend_file worked completely fine for over two years before I upgraded to vB 4.0.8 (from vB 4.0.3) yesterday.

Specifically, this issue is causing the last few lines of HTML to not download from the server. With auto prepend turned on, the last line of my pages is the following:

<!-- Do not remove cronimage or your scheduled tasks will ceas

That's exactly where it ends, with nothing after the "s" in "ceas" above.

With auto prepend turned off in .htaccess (commented out), the end of my vB pages is the following:

<!-- Do not remove cronimage or your scheduled tasks will cease to function -->

</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Any ideas what might be causing this issue? This was not happening prior to upgrading from vB 4.0.3 to vB 4.0.8.

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

John