#43627 [NEW]: fopen blocks on fifo

From: user at example dot com Operating system: Debian Etch and RHEL 5 PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: fopen blocks on fifo Description: ------------ fopen() blocks waiting for read on named pipes (FIFOs) opened for reading. Reproduce code: --------------- At Unix prompt: % mkfifo myfifo PHP: $fp = fopen('myfifo', 'r'); Expected result: ---------------- PHP execution should continue until attempting to read from the FIFO, e.g.: fread($fp, 1); Actual result: -------------- PHP execution suspends (blocks) on the fopen() command until another process writes data to the FIFO. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43627&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43627&r=mysqlcfg