Bug #80851 [Opn->Csd]: https doesn't respect stream context option http.timeout -1

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80851&edit=1 ID: 80851 User updated by: athorcis at yahoo dot fr Reported by: athorcis at yahoo dot fr Summary: https doesn't respect stream context option http.timeout -1 -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Bug Package: HTTP related Operating System: ALL PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: - Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-03-10 15:15:47] athorcis at yahoo dot fr my bad, the bug was fixed last summer but I was testing with PHP-7.4.6 which is why I experienced the problem (https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/eadd98070662f0c56d7138bcb2a42d397c11f6e4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-03-10 14:51:27] athorcis at yahoo dot fr It is not documented directly but http.timeout uses default_socket_timeout as a default value and default_socket_timeout allow negative values as specified here https://www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.default-socket-timeout ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-03-10 14:26:44] cmb@php.net I cannot reproduce this on Windows with PHP-7.4. > The options http.timeout -1 si suppose to prevent timeout errors > not cause them While this apparently a valid assumption[1], it is not documented in the PHP manual. [1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.4.16/ext/openssl/xp_ssl.c#L1955> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-03-10 12:56:15] athorcis at yahoo dot fr Description: ------------ When trying to access an HTTPS URL through streams if the HTTP timeout is set to a negative value then the function fails with the following warnings: Warning: file_get_contents(): SSL: Handshake timed out in Command line code on line 1 Warning: file_get_contents(): Failed to enable crypto in Command line code on line 1 Warning: file_get_contents(https://www.google.fr/): failed to open stream: operation failed in Command line code on line 1 I reproduced the error on Debian but also on Windows using these versions: 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 7.4 Test script: --------------- file_get_contents('https://www.google.fr/', false, stream_context_create(['http' => ['timeout' => -1]])); Expected result: ---------------- The options http.timeout -1 si suppose to prevent timeout errors not cause them Actual result: -------------- The options http.timeout -1 cause an a timeout error with https streams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80851&edit=1