#48497 [Ver]: handling mirrors that do not support external searches

ID: 48497 User updated by: pgl at yoyo dot org Reported By: pgl at yoyo dot org Status: Verified Bug Type: Website problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Could this mirror at least be removed from the list until they've fixed the issues? I might be in a minority here, but searching using the familiar php.net/<term> is failing one in three time. This isn't the default behaviour -- I've configured my.php.net to search the online documentation rather than the function list by default -- but still..? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-06-14 17:15:19] philip@php.net The provided error for uk3 is: - "Unable to find a way to retrieve data with file_get_contents" Which results from code here: - http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/phpweb/include/site.inc?view=markup Which typically means the server does not allow external connections, which the search (it uses Yahoo) requires. This may result from firewall issues. This bug was almost fixed once (see bug #46423) but not really, likely due to how we handle time outs (we give them an automatic pass). Code: - http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-master-web/scripts/mirror-test Possible solutions: - Rewrite fetch_contents() to better handle this, and provide nice errors (or instead automagically use www.php.net or another mirror) - Fix the mirror-test to work (as per bug #46423) - Rethink how we handle time outs in mirror-test - ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-06-08 16:31:04] pgl at yoyo dot org Description: ------------ When doing a search on uk3.php.net: - http://uk3.php.net/results.php?q=getglobal&p=manual&l=en The following is displayed: "Internal error This mirror does not support searches, please report this error to our webmasters" Reproduce code: --------------- <? echo file_get_contents('http://uk3.php.net/results.php?q=getglobal&p=manual&l=en'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- A search result. Actual result: -------------- Internal error This mirror does not support searches, please report this error to our webmasters ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48497&edit=1