I do not completely understand what is going on there, but I am pretty
sure dir_entry <= offset_base if not a normal situation, so we better not
to rely on such dir_entry.

`zend_string_tolower()` returns a copy (not a duplicate) of the given
string, if it is already in lower case.  In this case we must not not
`zend_string_free()` both strings.  The cleanest solution is to call
` zend_string_release()` on both strings, which properly handles the
refcount.

Optimizing compilers have an annoying tendency to throw out
memsets over data that they think aren't used anymore. Apply secure
zero-out in cases where this has potential to happen.

We quick-fix this by casting to char*; it might be more appropriate to
use char pointers in the first place.