Re: Re[4]: [PEAR-DEV] Re: go-pear. Was:Re[2]: [PEAR-DEV] XML_RPC

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 22:11:00 +0200, anatoly techtonik <techtonik@php.net> wrote: > Hello Justin, > > > > >> >> Also go-pear can't handle correctly if internet connection is > >> >> available. I've already proposed a workaround in Net_Socket and > >> >> XML_RPC for this issue - gethostbyname() should be called before > >> >> fsockopen() > >> > >> PAJ> What's the problem with go-pear working on a host with internet > >> PAJ> access? > >> > >> Sorry, my fault. There should be phrase 'internet connection > >> "isn\'t" > >> available' or the word 'unavailable' in my post. > >> > >> PAJ> Do you have any other good ideas? Calling gethostbyname before > >> PAJ> fsockopen is nothing than ugly and slow. > >> > >> fsockopen will call it anyway. You can try to call fsockopen with some > >> fiction url and meditate a bit about it's error message. I'd be very > >> glad if you can make a solution how to handle that error or at least > >> suppress to handle it later. > >> > > JP> *WHY*? If you don't have internet access you can't run a script which > JP> needs to connect to the internet....that's how it works. Calling > JP> gethostbyname will be just as slow. > > I miss you point probably. Do you really think one should not run go-pear > if he hasn't internet connection? How about PHP distributives? It was my understanding that go-pear is supposed to be used to bootstrap a PHP installation from the web. If it's being distributed (on a CD I would assume) then it should be installed another way...say from an already bootstrapped installation of PEAR on the CD. go-pear *must* have internet access. If it doesn't it can't download the packages. Therefore it *must* be online to work. However I do see your point. If it fails in a nasty way (i.e. PHP errors) then perhaps a gethostbyname() call should be used, checked, and then the script dies with "no internet connection" or something similar. It just seems strange to me that someone would be using go-pear without an internet connection... > > Even if it so, how about to tell that user? Do you really think, that > it is good for PEAR installation to crash with with standard PHP > error message? If not - please, try to > > call fsockopen with some fiction url > first. Or try to install optional packages in PHP5 via go-pear install > without internet connection to see what I want to fix. > > As for calling gethostbyname before fsockopen() - I don't know exactly, > but how'd you think - are these DNS requests cached? How long it takes > to call gethostbyname() with regard to XML-RPC parsing time? Take into > account, that these two operations are called together in 1:1 ratio. > > No offence. Just trying to follow your logic chain. > > t > -- > > -- Justin Patrin