#33483 [Opn->Bgs]: There is a delay in retrieving a webpage from some sites using file()

ID: 33483 Updated by: sniper@php.net Reported By: bong at icasolution dot com dot au -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (Hoary Hedgehog) PHP Version: 4.3.10 New Comment: Linux kernel issues are not PHP bugs.. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-30 08:45:46] bong at icasolution dot com dot au Sorry, forgot to mention that the URL for testing needs to be updated as it expires after some days. The URL is date-based so get a valid page for 30 June 2005, the URL would be: http://www.tabonline.com.au/2005/06/30/QR04.html and for 1 July 2005, it would be: http://www.tabonline.com.au/2005/07/01/QR04.html and so on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-30 08:41:09] bong at icasolution dot com dot au Tried the CVS snapshot (php4-STABLE-200506300435) on my Fedora Core 3 system and had the same problem (took about 30 seconds to download the page). Tried the same script on a FreeBSD 5.4 box and had no delays. I think this delay occurs with Linux 2.6 kernels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-27 10:52:07] tony2001@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-27 04:13:35] bong at icasolution dot com dot au 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33483&edit=1