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Doc Bug #28019 language selection is a disaster
Submitted: 2004-04-16 04:00 UTC Modified: 2004-04-16 11:23 UTC
From: wimroffel at planet dot nl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-04-16 04:00 UTC] wimroffel at planet dot nl 
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When I go to the page www.php.net/pcre I automatically end on the page nl2.php.net/pcre or another dutch mirror. There is no way to switch this off and there is no link on the dutch page to get the english page. 

I find this really very annoying. It is nice when a computer does some thinking for you, but this is Big Brother watching you.

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 [2004-04-16 04:03 UTC] derick@php.net 
The redirection to the mirrors is *necessary*, you can change the language yourself by:
1. selecting it from the drop down box which exists on EVERY manual page.
2. go to nl2.php.net/my.php and select the language you want.
 [2004-04-16 04:41 UTC] wimroffel at planet dot nl 
The pulldown menu with the language version was standing for me at "printer friendly". It is not a logical thing to expect that you will find under that drop down box the possibility to change the language.
 [2004-04-16 11:23 UTC] goba@php.net 
We used to list all the languages with links, but it is not possible anymore with this long list of languages. The My PHP.net page also lets you specify a favourite mirror. The www.php.net site itself cannot be a favourite, since the whole redirection is built to protect the php.net server from being too slow, overwhelmed with traffic.

As far as I know, a lot of sites have the same "My example.com" page to set your preferences... It is very much common...
 
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