#26752 [NEW]: fgets can't take variable as buffer length argument

From: jeroen dot pulles at redslider dot net Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 5.0.0b3 (beta3) PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: fgets can't take variable as buffer length argument Description: ------------ fgets expects a literal for the buffer size argument. It hangs until the max_execution_time timeouts, when you give it a variable. Reproduce code: --------------- $url = 'http://www.google.com/'; if (($handle = fopen($url, 'r')) === false) { die('Couldnt open url '.$url.'.'); } while (feof($handle) === false) { $text = fgets($handle, $kBufferSize); // doesn't work //$text = fgets($handle, 512); // works echo($text); } fclose($handle); Expected result: ---------------- The google homepage (i.e. the given url) Actual result: -------------- Timeout on max_execution_time. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26752&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26752&r=float