Bug #18221 Updated: Massive slowdown in fwrite() when not printing any text

ID: 18221 Updated by: rca@spin.ch Reported By: rca@spin.ch -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux 2.2.16 PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Hmm, now that certainly sheds a new light on all this. With MSIE 5.0/win32 I can't reproduce the bug either, but any version of Opera for win32 or Linux will hang. I couldn't try Mozilla yet, but I'm guessing that I'll also get a "Document contained no data" error. So is this the browsers' fault for not agreeing on a standard way to deal with blank pages or PHP's fault for producing them? I've had include()'d files (which don't produce output except for blank lines) work just fine, showing a blank across all browsers. Just when these filesystem functions are used there's unpredictable behavior. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-09 08:09:54] sniper@php.net I can not reproduce this with latest CVS checkout of PHP (php 4.3.0-dev) so please try this snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz And with what browser did this happen with? I get immediate 'Document contained no data' error with Netscape.. You should also update Apache to 1.3.26..as those versions you have are too old. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-09 04:46:08] rca@spin.ch Also tested this in 4.2.1 on the same Apache/Linux combination. It's still a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-08 06:08:29] derick@php.net Thank you for taking the time to report a problem with PHP. Unfortunately you are not using a current version of PHP -- the problem might already be fixed. Please download a new PHP version from http://www.php.net/downloads.php If you are able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest versions of PHP, please change the PHP version on this bug report to the version you tested and change the status back to "Open". Again, thank you for your continued support of PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-08 06:07:28] rca@spin.ch Try the following code snippet on its own page: $filename = "foo.txt"; $content = "blah"; $fd = fopen($filename, "a"); fwrite($fd, $content); fwrite($fd, "\n"); fclose($fd); You'll notice that the file is created just as intended, but the browser will be left waiting for data for a LONG time. However, if you add this to the end of the script: print "test"; The page is finished and sent to the browser immediately, no delays at all. This was found by one of our students, not by me :) Verified on PHP 4.1.2 using Apache 1.3.12 and 1.3.20, the former on kernel 2.2.16, the latter 2.4.2. PHP configure line: './configure' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' '--with-apxs' '--with-swf=/usr/lib/ swf' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/php.ini' '--enable-ftp' '--with-gd=/usr/' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '-- with-ttf' '--with-zlib' '--with-t1lib' '--with-ming' '--with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/php.ini' '--enable- trans-sid' '--with-imap' '--with-imap-ssl=/usr/include/openssl' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18221&edit=1