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Bug #26888 my.php could use the mirror closest to proxy instead of user machine
Submitted: 2004-01-12 20:23 UTC Modified: 2004-01-19 16:16 UTC
From: cjbj at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Website problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: n/a
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-01-12 20:23 UTC] cjbj at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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The mirror chosen by php.net seems to be the closest one to my
physical location.  It would be marginally faster/better if the
nearest mirror to the proxy server I am using was chosen.

Although I can choose a mirror on the my.php page, I sometimes need to
change the browser proxy (to one in another country on the corporate
network).  Also, by default, a load balancer automatically chooses the
proxy for me.  These negate the benefits of setting a mirror.

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 [2004-01-19 10:36 UTC] goba@php.net 
As you can see in the code of i2c_realip() implemented in ip-to-country.inc [1], we try to do our best NOT TO use the proxy server. This is because there might be a proxy server attached to the server to load-balance... Also we need the country information to display events in a special form, so we need the user's country, and not the proxy's country. If we would not select a mirror for you, then you would probably use www.php.net without a thought, and it is in the US. So your autoswitching load-balancer would not be served better that way either...

[1] http://php.net/source.php?url=/include/ip-to-country.inc
 [2004-01-19 16:16 UTC] cjbj at hotmail dot com 
No probs.
 
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