PHP :: Bug #59529 :: session_start() not compatible with memcache session handler failover

Bug #59529	session_start() not compatible with memcache session handler failover
Submitted:	2010-12-04 01:33 UTC	Modified:	2010-12-05 22:04 UTC
From:	mhaidar at squiz dot com dot au	Assigned:
Status:	Not a bug	Package:	memcache (PECL)
PHP Version:	5.2.3	OS:	lenny6
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2010-12-04 01:33 UTC] mhaidar at squiz dot com dot au

Description:
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Description:
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memcache extension allows for failover (memcache.allow_failover = 1)
and can be used as a session handler (session.save_handler = memcache)

Unfortunately when failover happens a notice is thrown at session_start().

session_start() [function.session-start]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known

Failover still works but the page is completely corrupted.
The manual is misleading: Quote 
"memcache.allow_failover boolean

    Whether to transparently failover to other servers on errors."

session_start does not deal with this so we can stay "transparent".


Expected result:
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silent failover

Actual result:
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php notice:
php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known

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[2010-12-04 01:37 UTC] mhaidar at squiz dot com dot au

Change to correct package

[2010-12-04 11:42 UTC] tony at daylessday dot org

Use display_errors = Off if you won't want to see any warnings/errors (you can always redirect them into a log file).

[2010-12-05 22:04 UTC] mhaidar at squiz dot com dot au

I can sure hide the errors but this still does not work as advertised..

[2012-11-13 09:47 UTC] dennisbech at yahoo dot dk

I had the same problem after messing around with my /etc/hosts file. 
It was solved when I added back: 

127.0.0.1	localhost

which I had for some reasons removed. This made it difficult for memcache to use 
localhost properly - and therefor the error.

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