I made several patches to PHP-extension part of syck library (YAML parser). From now on, it should:
compile successfully on MacOS-X
compile successfully in ZTS-enabled environment
not crash php-process anymore, on parse errors
throw SyckException on parse errors
You can checkout latest version from WhyTheLuckyStiff’s SVN here: http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/svn/syck/trunk/ext/php/