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Bug #24232 php.net/query redirects still hit google (see bug 23652)
Submitted: 2003-06-17 20:51 UTC Modified: 2003-06-18 02:57 UTC
From: lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Website problem
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS: XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-06-17 20:51 UTC] lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au 
Description:
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Bug #23652 is still an issue.

CC of comment there below:
This problem still exists. I am a user from Australia.

Frequently when I attempt to go to php.net/function_name_here for a quick reference, I will get redirected to google which will point me again to php.net/function_name_here, creating a loop. 

The problem is not 100% reproducable because some of the servers seem to deliver you to the correct page and others don't. Depending on which of the AU servers I get redirected to. 

Is the correct functionality to mirror the original? being that php.net/<query> is a best match search of the PHP functions reference, otherwise you get the php.net search page that will give you likely matches? I prefer the way it used to work. This google business is rather distracting :(

Happy to help out with any tests.

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 [2003-06-17 20:58 UTC] lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au 
Could be similar to Bug #23797 ..

au.php.net (karl.planetmirror.com) is being unresponsive or is down so I can't check if the /manual issue is affecting it.

Lachlan
 [2003-06-17 21:04 UTC] lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au 
au3.php.net/manual/ is an apache manual. (php.ausgamers.com?)

au2.php.net/manual/ redirects you to http://www.php.ilisys.com.au/manual/ (www.php.ilisys.com.au?)

au.php.net/manual .. still server down or unresponsive (karl.planetmirror.com?)
 [2003-06-18 00:34 UTC] steve at ilisys dot com dot au 
I've tweaked a webserver config to see if I can correct this behavior. To be honest I can't replicate it from my desktop, but I will try it from offsite later today. If someone could test the behavior and email me with what happens I'm happy to follow up and sort it out asap.

regards,

Steve Kelly
Technical Manager
Ilisys Web Hosting Pty Ltd
1800 999 618
steve@ilisys.com.au
 [2003-06-18 00:46 UTC] lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au 
au2.php.net/manual now redirects to au2.php.net/manual/en/
au2.php.net/manua will redirect you to http://www.google.com/search?q=manua+site:www.php.net&l=en instead of performing a function search on au2.php.net for 'manua' ie. here -
http://au2.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=manua&lang=en

Thanks for your help so far Steve
 [2003-06-18 00:50 UTC] lmulcahy at pacbrands dot com dot au 
au.php.net (planetmirror) appears to be back up now.

all 3 au mirrors au.php.net (planetmirror), au2.php.net (ilisys) and au3.php.net (ausgamers) exhibit the
auX.php.net/blahblah redirecting to a search on google problem. 

I know you aren't responsible for au3 steve, but, au3.php.net/manual is still an apache manual.

Lachlan
 [2003-06-18 02:57 UTC] goba@php.net 
au3.php.net is not listed as an official mirror, therefore you won't get redirected there when using php.net/function_name. We are waiting for the maintainer to solve the problem.

All the other mirrors redirect you to a search page for mirrorname.php.net/blahblah, as it used to be. The only change is that the search page is not served from php.net, but from google. If an exact function or file or other shortcut is not found, a website search is issued. See http://php.net/urlhowto for explanation on what you can access with URL shortcuts, and how is the fallback mechnanism programmed

BTW, we have received many complaints about the google search issue, and from the first moment it was turned on, we were working on an alternative search solution using mnogosearch. We just need more time to come up with a good search engine for the php.net sites. We think redirecting to Google is better than printing out a not found page.
 
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