On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Sterling Hughes wrote:
> On 25 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > ID: 13443
> > User updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Status: Duplicate
> > Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function
> > Operating System: BSDI 4.1
> > PHP Version: 4.0.6
> > New Comment:
> >
> > IMHO this is not the same as #13423, which is why I didn't list it in the original
>report. Although the data returned is the same (hostname instead of IP address) the
>reason for the failure is seems very different.
> >
>
> your humble opinion is wrong ;), PHP's gethostbyname() call's the
> low-level C gethostbyname(), if that doesn't resolve, it will return
> NULL, and PHP will return the original hostname. There would be no way
> that the C level gethostbyname() would return the original hostname.
>
> -Sterling
I completely agree with you. I just think we're talking about 2 different
things. I agree that the php_gethostbyname call should NOT return the
hostname if it fails. My problem is that it is failing for no good
reason, as it seems others have reported. My server is a production 4.1
BSDI system with perfectly functioning resolver libraries.
vp3: {225} % dig vp3.netgate.net
; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> vp3.netgate.net
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; vp3.netgate.net, type = A, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
vp3.netgate.net. 12H IN A 205.214.170.247
Yet, this fails:
$sitename = "vp3.netgate.net";
$ipadres = gethostbynamel($sitename);
$count = count($ipadres);
echo "$count";
for ($i=0; $i<$count; $i++) {
echo("
$ipadres[$i]
");
}
With this output:
Text generated by PHP
0Open Connection Failed 0
I'm in complete agreement with you that gethostbyname should not return
the hostname, gethostbynamel seems to work correctly. But, why is it
failing? If I fall back to a 3.0.14 things work perfectly. Let me know
what I can do to help track this down.
Kevin
>
> > Previous Comments:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-09-25 16:45:51] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > duplicate of 13423, among the others listed in the report. gethostbyname() returns
>the hostname it is passed when the C-level gethostbyname() call fails.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-09-25 16:22:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > This is basically the same report as 8754, 12678, and 8856. The gethostbyname
>function returns the name instead of the IP address. The host is configured
>correctly and names can be resolved from the shell using nslookup, dig, etc. This
>bug first appeared in 4.0.4 (although I didn't know it until now) and is present in
>4.0.6 and 4.0.8-dev (php4-200109251335.tar.gz - latest from the snapshots dir as of
>9/26/01). I regressed the bug back to my previous version of 3.0.14 and the bug is
>not present in that version. I have tried both gethostbyname (returns the name) and
>gethostbynamel (returns 0 items in the array).
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13443&edit=1
> >
> >
> >
>
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