RE: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem
| From: | Charles P. Killmer | Date: | Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:16:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem | ||
| Groups: | php.windows | ||
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I modified the email so I will now receive an email with the full
phpinfo. I won't have an answer until it happens again though. In any
case I am pulling the host header from $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];
Charles
-----Original Message-----
From: Gryffyn, Trevor [mailto:TGryffyn@air-cargo-inc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:03 AM
To: php-windows@lists.php.net
Cc: Charles P. Killmer
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem
Definitely strange. Are you having it send you a copy of the header
information so you can verify that you're capturing the correct info and
you're not getting like a REFERRER type tag from someone clicking on a
link IN yahoo?
-TG
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles P. Killmer [mailto:charlesk@netgaintechnology.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:53 AM
> To: php-windows@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Strange internet problem
>
>
> This isn't related to php but there are many knowledgeable people here
> that I though might find this curious.
>
> I host an IP based site. Based on the host header that is sent to the
> site, I pull different content from a database. When the host header
> is not found in the database, I send an email to me telling me that
> someone tried to access a site for which we have no content.
>
> Now for the weird part. Once in a while I get a message from this
> site saying that www.yahoo.com has not been setup. It seems as though
> someone has a host entry for www.yahoo.com that points to my IP. Or
> someone's browser is messing up the referrer and host header. But if
> that's the case they should not be able to get to and virtual site
> anywhere.
>
> Has anyone heard of anything like this or is this something completely
> new?
>
> Charles Killmer
>
>