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Bug #1894 gethostbyname returns "255.255.255.255"
Submitted: 1999-07-27 13:42 UTC Modified: 2002-06-16 08:35 UTC
From: pete dot nelson at ci dot stpaul dot mn dot us Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 3.0.11 OS: SGI Irix 6.2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-07-27 13:42 UTC] pete dot nelson at ci dot stpaul dot mn dot us 
I wanted to make a hostname lookup page, and realized that it couldn't be done 
on either of my SGI indys.  It works fine under RedHat linux, Win98 & WinNT (all 
running apache 1.3.6).  My guess is a bug in the SGI system libraries - it does get a little nutty.

Here's my script:

<html><head><title>Host Checker</title></head>
<body bgcolor=white>
<h1>Test a Host</h1>

<?php
  if(! isset($host)) { $host = "friday"; }

// The Input:
  echo "<form action=\"http-check.php3\" method=post>";
  echo "<input type=text name=host size=30 value=\"$host\">";
  echo "<input type=submit value=\"Check Host\">";
  echo "</form>";

// Check DNS
  $ip = gethostbyname($host);
  echo "<h2>DNS Entry for <font size=+3 color=blue>$host</font></h2>\n";
  echo "<b>$host:</b> $ip\n";
// The HTTP Request:
  echo "<p><hr align=center width=85%>";
  echo "<h2>HTTP Response from <font size=+3 color=blue>$host</font></h2>\n";

  $fp = fsockopen("$ip", 80, &$errnr, &$errstr); 
  if(! $fp) {
    echo "<h1><font color=red>Error!</font></h1>";
    echo "<p>$errstr ($errnr)";
    exit;
    }

  fputs($fp, "HEAD / HTTP/1.0\n\n");

// The HTTP Response:
  while(!$end) {
    $line = fgets($fp, 2048);
    if(trim($line) == "") { $end = true; }
    else { echo "<BR>$line"; }
    }
  fclose($fp);

?>

</body></html>

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 [1999-07-29 16:21 UTC] pete dot nelson at ci dot stpaul dot mn dot us 
Seems to be a problem with the memcpy function used in functions/dns.c (line 180 in v3.0.11).
Test of the function confirm - the same C code works on Linux & Windows (gcc), but returns 255.255.255.255 on my Irix boxes.
 [1999-11-11 19:38 UTC] joey at cvs dot php dot net 
Seems unlikely that this is related to memcpy, but I am not a C guru. Can you verify
that bug is still there (a/o 3.0.12?) If I had access to an SGI box, I'd do it...
 [2002-06-16 08:35 UTC] sander@php.net 
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