Re: #19250 [Opn->Fbk]: Php_hostconnect error

We have finaly worked out the problem. It was to do with a dodgy reverse DNS lookup on the domain. This seems unrelated but is the cause. So if you get the problem in the future check your reverse DNS. <kalowsky@php.net> wrote in message news:20020905190043.11642.qmail@rack1.php.net... > ID: 19250 > Updated by: kalowsky@php.net > Reported By: andy@reserve.co.uk > -Status: Open > +Status: Feedback > Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function > Operating System: FreeBSD 4.4 > PHP Version: 4.2.1 > New Comment: > > Please try using this CVS snapshot: > > http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz > > For Windows: > > http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip > > There was a bug similiar sounding to this that was fixed recently in > CVS. Hopefully it solves your problem as well. > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-09-05 10:05:45] andy@reserve.co.uk > > I have just built 2 new web servers to replace old ones. They are > running FreeBSD 4.4 with Apache 1.3 and PHP 4.2.1 (compiled with mysql, > pspell and pdf libs). They seem to be fine in testing but when they go > live we get intermitant faults. At random times (roughly every 4-5 > refreshes) one of the includes on the page gives up the error > "php_hostconnect: connect failed". This only happens when we include > files over a http:// connection and not when we include > directly. We > have tried using both host names and IP addresses and neither seem to > help. I have also noticed a much less frequent problem with the mysql > connections failing every so oftern. Any ideas? > > Andy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > Edit this bug report at > http://bugs.php.net/?id=19250&edit=1 >