Re: Manuals and Spiders

> You all keep forgetting one thing... the *mirrors* doesn't need to > redirect people! > > If someone got to a mirror, it happened in one exact way: > > 1. He either used a search engine and got there [bad! that's why i suggest > mirrors will completely block spiders!] > > 2. The main website pointed him there... > > Why would we, at all, need redirection code at the mirrors? :) You can either get to a mirror because it appeared in a search engine result (your first point), but you may also get there to use local search only available from there (www.php.net site search is often down). You may also use a mirror because it updates itself more often then your local one, however for a huge download (PHP release, documentation package), it would be quicker to use the local mirror. BTW php.net is also not guaranteed to have any database support, the www server is completely separated from the other servers as far as I know. Goba