#33483 [NEW]: There is a delay in retrieving a webpage from some sites using file()

From: bong at icasolution dot com dot au Operating system: Linux Ubuntu (Hoary Hedgehog) PHP version: 4.3.10 PHP Bug Type: HTTP related Bug description: There is a delay in retrieving a webpage from some sites using file() Description: ------------ When retrieving a web page using file() from, say, http://www.tabonline.com.au, there is a delay of several seconds before the page is actually retrieved. This happens under Ubuntu (Hoary Hedgehog, using PHP 4.3.10) and also Fedora Core 3 (PHP 5.0.4). I don't get the delay under Fedora Core 1 (PHP 4.3.8) or Red Hat 7.3. (PHP 4.3.9). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $file = file("http://www.tabonline.com.au/2005/06/24/QR04.html"); print_r($file); ?> Expected result: ---------------- HTML of the retrieved page, which I get, but not before a delay of several seconds. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33483&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33483&r=mysqlcfg