#36015 [Opn->Csd]: "Best" download link for PHP

ID: 36015 Updated by: goba@php.net Reported By: magicaltux at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Website problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Use http://php.net/get/php-x.x.x.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror (note the missing mirror selection at the start). This automatically selects a working mirror in your country, and redirects the request to that one. That mirror in return selects itself for download, and provides you with the file. You only need to handle the HTTP redirection you get from php.net. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-01-14 22:01:56] magicaltux at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Currently, in the "get" url handler we have : http://xx.php.net/get/php-x.x.x.tar.bz2/from/a/mirror http://xx.php.net/get/php-x.x.x.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror http://xx.php.net/get/php-x.x.x.tar.bz2/from/xx.php.net/mirror I think it would be interesting to add a handler to select the "best" mirror for the user... http://xx.php.net/get/php-x.x.x.tar.bz2/from/best/mirror This would select a random mirror in the same country as the user, or if no country information is available for the user's IP it would fall back to "this". This would help applications automatically downloading PHP to easily get PHP version. I have 3 applications trying to download PHP directly and for the moment I'm just using the same mirror over and over... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36015&edit=1