#26988 [NEW]: Cannot connect to database while offline

From: david dot nordenberg at uppsala dot se Operating system: winxp sp1/mssql 2000 sp3 PHP version: 4.3.5RC1 PHP Bug Type: MSSQL related Bug description: Cannot connect to database while offline Description: ------------ I connect to a localy installed database trough the servername "localhost" which resolves to 127.0.0.1 which I can ping. Now if I pull my network cable, php loses the ability to connect to the database, no login attempts is registred by the sql server and php thinks the server does not exist. I can even change the servername value of mssql_connect to "127.0.0.1" but it still won't connect. Other applications can connect just fine to the sql server while not having any network interfaces up but not php, I think I saw the same problem with PHP 5 snapshot about a week old. Reproduce code: --------------- $server = "localhost"; $conn = mssql_connect($server, $_SESSION['login'], $_SESSION['passwd']); Expected result: ---------------- mssql_connect to work Actual result: -------------- [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: mssql_connect() [<a href='function.mssql-connect'>function.mssql-connect</a>]: Unable to connect to server: localhost in C:\Program\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\index.php on line 31, referer: http://localhost/ -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26988&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26988&r=float