Re: Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8884 Updated: gethostbyaddr returns a 15 chars string IP when an error occurs
| From: | Jani Taskinen | Date: | Thu, 25 Jan 2001 01:01:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8884 Updated: gethostbyaddr returns a 15 chars string IP when an error occurs | ||
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 milani@mclink.it wrote:
>$TheName=trim(gethostbyaddr($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 :-)
Nope, works for me just fine. No garbage in the end.
This is with the latest CVS. Please try the snapshot from
http://snaps.php.net/
--Jani