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ID: 50953 Patch added by: cataphr...@php.net Reported by: tony at marston-home dot demon dot co dot uk Summary: fsockopen will not work on 'localhost' Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Sockets related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.2.12 Block user comment: N New Comment: The following patch has been added/updated: Patch Name: connect_fix_win32 Revision: 1283848007 URL: http://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=50953&patch=connect_fix_win32&revision=1283848007 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-12 14:22:47] tony at marston-home dot demon dot co dot uk If IPv6 support is enabled in the operating system it does NOT mean that only IPv6 addresses are allowed, it means that both IPv5 and IPv6 addresses are supported. All of my web browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari) have no problem in translating 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'. The PHP gethostbyname() function has no problem in translating 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'. The PHP cURL extension has no problem in translating 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'. fsockopen() when running in PHP 5.3.0 has no problem in translating 'localhost' to '127.0.0.1'. So why does fsockopen() in php 5.2.12 have a problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-10 11:27:25] tony at marston-home dot demon dot co dot uk This has got nothing to do with IPV6 addresses as my hosts file does not contain anf IPV6 addresses. All it has is as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost Every other piece of software on my PC uses 'loalhost' without a problem, so should fsockopen in PHP. Curl can manage it, so why not fsockopen. I have the same setup on another PC which runs Windows XP with IPV6 support and PHP 5.3.0, and it does not have a problem with 'localhost', so this is a genuine bug in 5.2 Do not keep telling me that you have already addressed this issue in other posts because you have not. You nhave suggested removing any IPV6 entries from the hosts file, which I have done, but this does not fix the problem. If gethostbyname() can work with 'localhost' then why can't fsockopen()? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-10 11:06:08] paj...@php.net It works just fine here using localhost and ipv4. You are clearly experiencing the IPv6 problem described in a good dozen bugs here (with solutions). I'm sorry if it is not acceptable but we can't do anything about that, see the other reports for a complete and detailed explanation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-10 10:57:11] tony at marston-home dot demon dot co dot uk THIS IS NOT BOGUS, IT IS A GENUINE BUG!!! If print_r(gethostbynamel('localhost')); produces the following: Array ( [0] => 127.0.0.1 ) then why can't fsockopen connect to 'localhost'? It is a valid name which is recognised by every other piece of software on my computer, so there is no good reason why fsockopen should have a problem with it. I have another PC which runs 5.3.0 where fsockopen does not have a problem with 'localhost', therefore there is a bug in 5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-10 10:18:16] paj...@php.net Already explained why it can't and won't be fixed in 5.2, neither in 5.3. Use the IP then instead of the hostname. Bogus (duplicated, not really a bug per se but a feature,etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50953 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50953&edit=1
