#45707 [NEW]: http_get returns an empty string upon timeout, not false

From: Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:34:04 +0000
Subject: #45707 [NEW]: http_get returns an empty string upon timeout, not false
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From: alangland at andyl56 dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: HTTP related Bug description: http_get returns an empty string upon timeout, not false Description: ------------ http_get is supposed to return false on connection timeout, but instead it returns an empty string. Reproduce code: --------------- if (false === ($http = http_get('http://0.0.0.0/', array('timeout' => 15, 'connecttimeout' => 15)))) { echo 'FALSE returned'; } else { var_dump($http); } Expected result: ---------------- FALSE returned Actual result: -------------- string(0) "" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45707&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45707&r=mysqlcfg

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