I see where you are coming from and it is a good idea. However, in this particular problem it is not so much DNS related. If I were to use an IP then the error could very well just say this:
----------------------------------------------------- Warning: mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL Server Host '192.1[]8.0.1' (1) in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/filename.php on line 8 Unknown MySQL Server Host '192.1[]8.0.1' (1) ----------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Jonathan ""Matt Babineau"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I bet if you connect using the IP directly it will solve your problem. > > > > Thanks, > > Matt Babineau > Criticalcode > 858.733.0160 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.criticalcode.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:27 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Something is messing up the php output > > I have a site that has this problem every once in a while, and seemingly > randomly. It is a database driven site, as indicated by the error. This > same page when loaded numerous times will sometimes work just fine, and > then > sometimes it will give an error message like this: > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Warning: mysql_connect(): Unknown MySQL Server Host 'hostn[]me.domain.com' > (1) in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/filename.php on line 8 Unknown MySQL > Server > Host 'hostn[]me.domain.com' (1) > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Notice that in the word "hostname" the 'a' is not an 'a'. It is one of > the > empty boxes that usually indicates an unknown character. Here I represent > it with square brackets for visual effect. > > When the source is check, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the > hostname in the mysql_connect function. As I mentioned, if this page is > reloaded it may be fine. After a while it may not have anymore problems > for > weeks. Or it may come back the next day. When It is happening I do not > notice any major server process usage. > > The mis-interpreted character problem sometimes truncates a word, or just > messes up a cerain random characters. > > I have had this happen on more than one site on more than one server. > > Does anyone have any idea what this may be? I am even accepting wild > guesses at this point. > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
