[wp-hackers] Slow loading WordPress (Hack solution)

[Rick Boatright]

On shared-hosting servers, the web server uses the domain name that is
called in order to decide which "home" directory to use.  Otherwise, since
the ip address is the same, how to tell 1632.org from ericflint.net?    The
IP solution simply -does not work- on shared hosting servers.

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Jacob Santos <wordpress at santosj.name> wrote:

> I was referring to development that went into WordPress 2.7. There was a
> report that the wp-cron wasn't working and the fix was to use IP, therefore
> I created a patch that used IP, however more reports came in that doing so
> broke other servers that were using IP. Some servers have firewall rules
> which prevent IP from being used for security purposes and the problem, I
> think, is that one IP can serve multiple domains and if you use the IP, then
> the server has no idea which domain (even if you add the host HTTP header).
>
> With the HTTP API in WordPress 2.7, the part where you specify where you
> connect and then send the relevant information such as host header and
> domain was lost. It might work well with fsockopen(), but it won't work with
> the HTTP extension, or cURL and you can have no idea which one will be used.
> Care was taken to ensure that each so called, "transport" was developed so
> that they performed the same. fsockopen is used last. You can create the
> Wp_HTTP_Fsockopen object separately and use it or any one of the classes.
> The request method in the Wp_Http class does create the proper environment
> for the classes. Although the classes themselves will also sort of help you
> out if you use them individually.
>
> Not sure about the missing quotes, I didn't even notice it.
>
> Jacob Santos
>
>
> Peter van der Does wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:14:26 -0600
>> Jacob Santos <wordpress at santosj.name> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> As for the IP solution. It was already tried, but it broke too many
>>> wp-crons on other servers. The decision was made that those who
>>> require IP are just SOL. There was going to be a filter or something,
>>> but no matter. Your code also doesn't use the HTTP API.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Jacob,
>>
>> Do you know what the problem was on other servers that an IP
>> address couldn't be used?
>>
>> What should I have used to get the IP address of the server if it's not
>> by $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] or are you referring to the fact I forgot
>> quotes in my original posting?
>>
>>
>>
>
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