On Mon, March 26, 2007 4:21 am, Kent Tong wrote: > We have moved our DNS server from one IP to another. But on a Linux > server, the PHP programs keep using the old DNS server IP. For > example, for a simple php file: > > <? echo gethostbyname ("smtp.cpttm"); ?> > > When it is run, it tries to lookup smtp.cpttm using the old DNS > server (I know it using tcpdump). The new DNS server is specified in > /etc/resolv.conf. If I issue "ping smtp.cpttm" in a command prompt, > then tcpdump shows that it is accessing the new DNS server. > > Any idea? Thanks. Check /etc/hosts Try doing the same thing from the command line. And did you re-start apache so PHP could "forget" any DNS entries in any cache it might have? There may be something akin to clearstatcache for DNS in PHP as well. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php