From: Operating system: vista (maybe win7) PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Network related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:'localhost' not resolved
Description: ------------ Basically PHP does not convert the DNS name 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1' like it should. Test script: --------------- <?php //THIS WON'T REPRODUCE IF YOU DON'T RUN IT ON VISTA echo gethostbyname('localhost'); //Basically applies to any other PHP function that resolves 'localhost' echo mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', ''); ?> Expected result: ---------------- 127.0.0.1 [some link identifier] Actual result: -------------- localhost false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53382&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53382&r=mysqlcfg