Re: [RFC] Change checkdnsrr() $type argument behavior

hi Kris, On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: > Per discussion in an earlier thread. Here's the RFC: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/checkdnsrr-default-type > > > Basically, this RFC seeks to make it so that PHP's checkdnsrr() function, > which is most commonly used to see whether or not a hostname exists, no > longer restricts itself to only MX records by default. > > Though the RFC itself is a no-brainer, the more difficult question is which > solution should be implemented. The two options currently presented are > changing default from "MX" to "ANY", which would cause it to check all > records and not just MX; and getting rid of the default altogether and > making it so that the argument is required. > > From what I can tell, there are valid arguments to be made for both, so I > would love to see some discussion/debate here regarding which solution > should be implemented, as I'm currently undecided. Also please feel free > to point out any areas of improvement for the RFC itself. I am not sure which problem this RFC tries to solve, do you have any example showing the issues please? Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org