Bug #81441 [Com]: gethostbyaddr('::1') returns ip instead of name after calling some other method

From: Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:17:25 +0000
Subject: Bug #81441 [Com]: gethostbyaddr('::1') returns ip instead of name after calling some other method
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 ID:                 81441
 Comment by:         stefan at buerk dot tech
 Reported by:        stefan at buerk dot tech
 Summary:            gethostbyaddr('::1') returns ip instead of name
                     after calling some other method
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            *Network Functions
 Operating System:   alpine-3.13/alpine-3.14 docker
 PHP Version:        8.1.0RC1
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

This issue still exists in official php alpine xxx 8.1 RC5 containers.


Previous Comments:
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[2021-10-26 13:44:33] cmb@php.net

Relevant info from the (now closed) downstream issue:
<https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues/1201#issuecomment-922939722>f.

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[2021-09-15 18:16:25] stefan at buerk dot tech

Description:
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We have tried to use the alpine docker images for our ci builds to start getting 8.1 compatibility.
We had a weired behaviour with using gethostbyaddr('::1') in unit tests.

The first call is resolved to 'localhost', or better to say all calls until one other
function where called. (Do not know if all, but we had different in between). For  example the
version_compare(), as this was the first function in phpunit .. which changed the behavior.

Maybe it is not php, but we used the same dockerfile as verification, kust switchen php 8 with 8.1
RC1 and getting this weired behaviour. We opend an issue on github for the php docker containers
holding a lot of test runs.

https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues/1201



Test script:
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<?php
echo "CHECK ::1 hostname before/after version compare" . PHP_EOL;

// duplicationg this line bevore other code lines, would work until something
// like version_compare is used.
// EXPECTED: localhost
echo "#1 IPv6(::1): " . (string)gethostbyaddr('::1') . PHP_EOL;

// this line chanes the return in 8.1.0RC1-alpine - but why ?
// but even other codelines changed it
if (!version_compare(PHP_VERSION, PHP_VERSION, '=')) {}

// EXPECTED: localhost => alpine ::1, others localhost as expected
echo "#2 IPv6(::1): " . (string)gethostbyaddr('::1') . PHP_EOL;

Expected result:
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Getting always the resolved name from /etc/hosts on subsequent calls, even if other scripts are
called:

CHECK ::1 hostname before/after version compare
#1 IPv6(::1): localhost
#2 IPv6(::1): localhost

Actual result:
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CHECK ::1 hostname before/after version compare
#1 IPv6(::1): localhost
#2 IPv6(::1): ::1


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