Req #40510 [Com]: Add multicast support in sockets.c

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40510&edit=1 ID: 40510 Comment by: chrisw at networkm dot co dot uk Reported by: lew dot payne at gmail dot com Summary: Add multicast support in sockets.c Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-REL PHP Version: 5.2.1 Assigned To: cataphract Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Judging by the amount of Google space taken up by people trying to do this (including myself) I am very much in favour of moving this issue forward ASAP. I also agree with the IPv6 support (to a point), but if this is to be added to PHP 5.2.x I would suggest it may not be necessary to implement at this stage. Moving forward, shouldn't we be encouraging the use of 5.3.x for new/upgrading users? In which case, I would suggest that adding full IPv6 support against 5.2 might be a waste of time - I would imagine there would be a lot of work involved in adding full IPv6 multicast/anycast support, whereas the existing supplied patch would presumably only require minor modifications to bring it into line with the current 5.2 releases. I am all in favour of fully supporting IPv6 in 5.3, but I also believe that in the interests of speed it would be useful to have this, simpler, IPv4 multicast support in 5.2. Maybe this would be considered an un-productive approach, but it's just a thought... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-02 10:43:32] cataphract@php.net I understand you're frustrated with the lack of progress in this issue, but I assigned this to myself because I intend to implement this feature soon (read: in a matter of weeks, not years). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-02 05:01:20] lew dot payne at gmail dot com This ticket was opened four years ago, at which time I supplied source code that I had modified to work on FreeBSD (the original only worked on Linux). If you want to "seriously consider" IPV6 support, please seriously consider finally integrating this patch, and then waiting another four years before considering IPV6. Yes, I'm being sarcastic... but with good reason. I was basically given the runaround, via email with whomever looks at these bug reports, to the point where I simply decided it's easier to *not* contribute anything. I find it both irritating and ironic that, four years later, there is yet another suggestion on delaying the commitment of this patch (e.g., IPV6). And you think government is discouraging and bureaucratic? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-27 17:15:53] cataphract@php.net I think IPv6 support should be seriously considered before committing a multicast patch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-27 09:48:11] pajoye@php.net Please provide an updated patch and phpt against trunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-29 15:30:05] pcdinh at gmail dot com Hi, Could someone take a look into this issue? Thanks Dinh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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=40510 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40510&edit=1