Re[4]: [PHP] What is happening with php.net ???

Joseph, The IP to Country is in use for other functions of the website and a redirect from the manual tree up would be a simple header redirect and they would be on a new host and any links from that request would be from the new host also. Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) Web Application Consulting e-mail: tim@hitcho.com.au "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Friday, May 23, 2003, 11:22:30 AM, you wrote: JB> Was just about to ask the same question :) JB> Sounds like php.net needs a setup where it would redirect the user to the JB> closest mirror based on thier country of origin I know this is possible just JB> don't ask me how :) JB> Regards, JB> Joseph JB> -----Original Message----- JB> From: Timothy Hitchens [mailto:hitcho@php.net] JB> Sent: Friday, 23 May 2003 10:46 AM JB> To: Rasmus Lerdorf JB> Cc: Maciek Ruckgaber Bielecki; php-general@lists.php.net JB> Subject: Re[2]: [PHP] What is happening with php.net ??? JB> Rasmus, JB> What about load balancing from the php.net to a mirror based on the ip JB> to country database.. is this happening now?? JB> Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) JB> Web Application Consulting JB> e-mail: tim@hitcho.com.au JB> "It's always darkest just before the lights go out." JB> Friday, May 23, 2003, 10:42:45 AM, you wrote: RL>> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Maciek Ruckgaber Bielecki wrote: >>> does anybody know what is happening, can we help somehow ??? RL>> Yes, you can help by using a mirror. There are dozens of fast mirrors JB> out RL>> there, but www.php.net is getting swamped with more hits than it can RL>> handle. We have been shuffling things around, but in the end the JB> problem RL>> is just too many hits. RL>> -Rasmus JB> -- JB> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) JB> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php