#40234 [NEW]: gethostbynamel always returns false when using PHP as CGI

[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

From: silverbanana at gmx dot de
Operating system: Windows XP SP2
PHP version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
PHP Bug Type: Network related
Bug description: gethostbynamel always returns false when using PHP as CGI

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel works
as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use it from
the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it should
be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE

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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 40234
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

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For Windows:

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[2007-01-25 11:42:39] silverbanana at gmx dot de

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel
works as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use
it from the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it
should be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE


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[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

ID: 40234
User updated by: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Summary: gethostbynamel always returns false when using PHP as
CGI
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:45:35] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



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[2007-01-25 11:42:39] silverbanana at gmx dot de

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel
works as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use
it from the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it
should be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE


------------------------------------------------------------------------


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[nlopess@php.net]

ID: 40234
Updated by: [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]
-Summary: Tried PHP5.2.1RC4, 25.1.07, same result
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:05:52] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:45:35] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



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[2007-01-25 11:42:39] silverbanana at gmx dot de

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel
works as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use
it from the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it
should be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE


------------------------------------------------------------------------


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[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

ID: 40234
User updated by: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Summary: gethostbynamel always returns false with CGI SAPI
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:42:12] [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:05:52] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:45:35] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:42:39] silverbanana at gmx dot de

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel
works as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use
it from the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it
should be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE


------------------------------------------------------------------------


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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 40234
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 13:16:36] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:42:12] [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:05:52] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:45:35] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:42:39] silverbanana at gmx dot de

Description:
------------
gethostbynamel always returns false, instead of giving useful results.
This is however only the case when I use PHP as CGI. gethostbynamel
works as expected when I use PHP as Apache module and also when I use
it from the command line, but not when I use it as CGI.

If this behaviour of gethostbynamel is intended or unavoidable, it
should be mentioned in the manual for gethostbynamel.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(gethostbynamel("localhost"));
?>

Expected result:
----------------
List of addresses

Actual result:
--------------
FALSE


------------------------------------------------------------------------


--
Edit this bug report at [url]http://bugs.php.net/?id=40234&edit=1[/url]

[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

ID: 40234
User updated by: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Summary: PHP-CGI from command line works, from Apache it
doesn't work
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

I justed tried to disable my firewall. It didn't make any difference.
Besides, asking for the address of localhost shouldn't need any network
traffic, should it? I mean, its written in hosts.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 15:43:42] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 13:16:36] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:42:12] [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:05:52] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 11:45:35] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz[/url]

For Windows:

[url]http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip[/url]



------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 40234
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

>I mean, its written in hosts.

Then the CGI binary should have enough privileges to read it.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 21:52:59] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I justed tried to disable my firewall. It didn't make any difference.
Besides, asking for the address of localhost shouldn't need any network
traffic, should it? I mean, its written in hosts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 15:43:42] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 13:16:36] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:42:12] [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:05:52] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I just tested it with:
PHP Version 5.2.1RC4-dev Build Date:Jan 25 2007 12:17:41

And again it doesn't work with PHP-CGI, but it works with command line
(Apache module not tested with this version).

Same result:
bool(false)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

ID: 40234
User updated by: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Summary: gethostbynamel always returns false when using PHP as
CGI
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

It just came into my mind that other PHP functions will also need to
resolve names. So I tried this one:
$a = file_get_contents("http://www.google.de");

This results on PHP-CGI with Apache in:
Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]:
php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Der angegebene Host ist
unbekannt. in D:\path\file.php

So some Windows-API-function is failing.

Btw, hosts is world readable (I think that's the way it should be,
right) on my system so that can hardly be the reason.


Previous Comments:
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[2007-01-25 22:01:12] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

>I mean, its written in hosts.

Then the CGI binary should have enough privileges to read it.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 21:52:59] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I justed tried to disable my firewall. It didn't make any difference.
Besides, asking for the address of localhost shouldn't need any network
traffic, should it? I mean, its written in hosts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 15:43:42] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 13:16:36] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 12:42:12] [email]nlopess@php.net[/email]

I tested with 'php-cgi -f test.php', where test.php contains your
reproduce code, but I'm not able to reproduce this problem.
Please check the permissions of the user that is running the PHP CGI
binary.
Also, are you running CGI alone (as I did) or from a webserver? And is
it running in a different user account?

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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
[url]http://bugs.php.net/40234[/url]

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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 40234
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

Not PHP problem.


Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-26 14:33:38] silverbanana at gmx dot de

It just came into my mind that other PHP functions will also need to
resolve names. So I tried this one:
$a = file_get_contents("http://www.google.de");

This results on PHP-CGI with Apache in:
Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]:
php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Der angegebene Host ist
unbekannt. in D:\path\file.php

So some Windows-API-function is failing.

Btw, hosts is world readable (I think that's the way it should be,
right) on my system so that can hardly be the reason.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 22:01:12] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

>I mean, its written in hosts.

Then the CGI binary should have enough privileges to read it.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 21:52:59] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I justed tried to disable my firewall. It didn't make any difference.
Besides, asking for the address of localhost shouldn't need any network
traffic, should it? I mean, its written in hosts.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 15:43:42] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007-01-25 13:16:36] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I've the same result as you when using PHP-CGI from command line.
PHP-CGI from Apache runs as "NT-AUTORITÄT/SYSTEM", like Apache. So if
this was the reason gethostnamel should also have failed when using it
as module, but it didn't when I tested it with PHP6.

But when I use PHP-CGI with Apache it doesn't work. I somehow suspect
that Apache and PHP communicate via some TCP/IP connection and that
this interferes with gethostbynamel.

FYI, here just the two most important lines from my Apache
configuration:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FCGIWrapper "c:/Programme/Net/php5/php-cgi.exe" .php
Maybe I've just configured things wrong a bit, but I can't imagine that
such a strange error could be the result of misconfiguration.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at
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[silverbanana at gmx dot de]

ID: 40234
User updated by: silverbanana at gmx dot de
-Summary: getaddrinfo ain't working, i think.
Reported By: silverbanana at gmx dot de
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Network related
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
PHP Version: 6CVS-2007-01-25 (snap)
New Comment:

Just because some Windows API doesn't return what we want doesn't mean
PHP isn't responsible for that. I think it's quite interesting that PHP
has it's problems when running as fastCGI under Windows. I just glanced
at the source and found some interesting comment:
---
cgi_main.c,L1264: for windows, socket listening is broken in the
fastcgi library itself so dissabling this feature on windows till time
is available to fix it
---
I'm not sure what exactly was disabled, since fastcgi works so far, but
there might be side-effects.
So I think it's worth to take a second look on that error.


Previous Comments:
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[2007-01-26 14:44:02] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Not PHP problem.

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[2007-01-26 14:33:38] silverbanana at gmx dot de

It just came into my mind that other PHP functions will also need to
resolve names. So I tried this one:
$a = file_get_contents("http://www.google.de");

This results on PHP-CGI with Apache in:
Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]:
php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Der angegebene Host ist
unbekannt. in D:\path\file.php

So some Windows-API-function is failing.

Btw, hosts is world readable (I think that's the way it should be,
right) on my system so that can hardly be the reason.

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[2007-01-25 22:01:12] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

>I mean, its written in hosts.

Then the CGI binary should have enough privileges to read it.

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[2007-01-25 21:52:59] silverbanana at gmx dot de

I justed tried to disable my firewall. It didn't make any difference.
Besides, asking for the address of localhost shouldn't need any network
traffic, should it? I mean, its written in hosts.

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[2007-01-25 15:43:42] [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]

Please make sure your firewall does not block DNS requests issued by
gethostbynamel().
Just disable the firewall for some time.

And please use 5.2, not PHP6.
PHP6 is in pre-alpha stage, which means it's a bit early to test it
yet.

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