Re: some ideas for open discussion

On Friday 23 May 2003 16:47, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > Problem: > > - php.net cannot take the load of htdig > > > Solution: > > - keep the good old way of using ch.php.net for searching if a > mirror has no support for local search > - redirect to ch.php.net from www.php.net, but provide a > different originating server adress, fooling ch.php.net to > direct the user to a different server instead of php.net What about blocking bots like google on the search pages. there are a lot of sites with the shortcuts php.net/echo and bots just crawl that.. and maybe another idea... common requests, like time (which I lookup sometimes) placed in an array. when there is a request for the time() function it will search the array or something and won't use htdig for that. and maybe php.net can use the timezones. sounds strange but might be a good idea. When it's afternoon in The Netherlands it's just morning in the USA. where is the highest load? just re-direct the user to a mirror with a lower load, not just the country mirror. Allowee