Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8884 Updated: gethostbyaddr returns a 15 chars string IP when an error occurs

Hi! Nice to hear from you :-) I already tried to post the following line as a possible solution to a possible problem under certain (unknown to me) circumstances on the online manual page for GETHOSTBYADDR (but my note 10755 was rejected): $TheName=trim(gethostbyaddr($row->THEHOST." ")); The original line: $TheName=trim(gethostbyaddr($row->THEHOST)); called using an unresolvable IP like xx.xx.x.xxx returned something like xx.xx.x.xxxMKJA, where MKJA represents some garbage I discovered was used to fill up to 15 chars (the maximum length for an IP). I guess an IP like 212.59.60.57 should do the job :-) > ID: 8884 > Updated by: sniper > Reported By: almico@almico.com > Old-Status: Open > Status: Feedback > Bug Type: Network related > Assigned To: > Comments: > > I can't reproduce this. Could you please include an example script which > demonstrates this behaviour? And maybe try the latest CVS snapshot > from http://snaps.php.net/ too?? > > --Jani > > > Previous Comments: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2001-01-24 09:07:00] almico@almico.com > gethostbyaddr returns the original IP when an error occurs, but this string is > always 15 chars long. This means that if the original IP was shorter than that, > garbage will appear at the end of the line. I've temporarily fixed it by passing > an IP with 15 blanks added to its end. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8884 Alfredo Milani-Comparetti milani@mclink.it milani@ascu.unian.it Delphi home page --> http://www.almico.com/delphi Elf home page --> http://radsite.com/elf