使用字符串进行PHP分段错误

I have the following line

$sql = "SELECT name, url, icon, hover, case_only, spacer FROM ma_menu_items WHERE hide = 0 AND deleted = 0 ORDER BY sort ASC";

If I run this the browser won't load and I get a Segmentation fault in the error logs. If I remove the C at the end it works, but if I remove the ASC it fails, there is different combinations that work and fail.

Please note there is no way for me to come up with a workable example of this as the application is too complicated for that (I've tried). What I am looking for is possible causes