Bug #52260 [Asn]: Windows implementation of dns_get_record fails with non-existing domain

From: Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:58:58 +0000
Subject: Bug #52260 [Asn]: Windows implementation of dns_get_record fails with non-existing domain
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 ID:                 52260
 Updated by:         pajoye@php.net
 Reported by:        a_jelly_doughnut at phpbb dot com
 Summary:            Windows implementation of dns_get_record fails with
                     non-existing domain
 Status:             Assigned
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Network related
 Operating System:   Windows (All)
 PHP Version:        5.3.2
 Assigned To:        pajoye
 Block user comment: N

 New Comment:

The not found error has been fixed in svn (5.3/trunk).

However I keep this issue open and assigned to me as I think the DNS
function should not be as noisy as they are now (what's the point of
raising a warning if all one wants is to actually check a domain...).


Previous Comments:
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[2010-09-06 12:57:43] pajoye@php.net

Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of pajoye
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=303069
Log: - fix bug #52260, catch all DNS not found error

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[2010-07-06 02:08:26] a_jelly_doughnut at phpbb dot com

Description:
------------
Windows implementation of dns_get_record fails with non-existing domain

---
var_dump(dns_get_record('dalfkjdaslfj.net')); // return false, throw
E_WARNING
---

This is inconsistent with the *NIX implementation, which never (in our
testing, see * note at bottom) throws E_WARNING on a non-existing
domain, and returns an empty array, as demonstrated below:

---
afischer@miraculix:~$ php -v
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: May 13 2010
20:01:00)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.0.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2008, by Derick Rethans

afischer@miraculix:~$ php -r "error_reporting(E_ALL);
var_dump(dns_get_record('dalfkjdaslfj.net'));"
array(0) {
}
---

There is code in dns_win32.c to attempt to catch some cases of
non-existing domains, but it does not seem to be complete.

Changing
---
		if (status) {
				if (status == DNS_INFO_NO_RECORDS) {
					continue;
---
to 
---
			if (status) {
				if (status == DNS_INFO_NO_RECORDS || status ==
DNS_ERROR_RCODE_NAME_ERROR) {
					continue;

---
Seems to fix the problems for me.  For reference, all error codes which
can be returned by DNSQuery_A are listed by Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681391

* I cannot say for sure if reports like
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50903 are valid. 
I do know from reading
the PHP source that there are three separate *NIX implementations of
php_dns_search(), but Andreas has not investigated which one his Ubuntu
server is using.  It seems likely that this inconsistency affects NIX
implementations as well.

Test script:
---------------
<?php
var_dump(dns_get_record('dalfkjdaslfj.net')); // return false, throw
E_WARNING
?>

Expected result:
----------------
array(0) {
}

Actual result:
--------------
bool(false)


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