Re: Bug #1739: fread() hangs while trying to read from a socket

On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 08:20:28PM -0000, danbeck@scott.net wrote: > From: danbeck@scott.net > Operating system: Linux 2.0.32 (RedHat 5.2) > PHP version: 3.0 Latest CVS (19/07/1999) > PHP Bug Type: Misbehaving function > Bug description: fread() hangs while trying to read from a socket > > This problem has existed since about 3.0.9. It's supposedly > been fixed in one way or another, but it keeps cropping up... > consistantly. What I'm doing is attempting to read data from a > socket using the following methodology: > > while (!feof($this->socket)){ > $buffer .= fread( $this->socket, 1); > } > > What happens is that php hangs for exactly 16 seconds every single time. > > Even if I just do a: > > $buffer = fread( $this->socket, 1024); > > it also hangs for the same amount of time. > > But... if I try to read a number of bytes less than or equal to > the number of bytes available, it returns instantly with the > data from the socket: > > $buffer = fread( $this->socket, 2); Well, 1 is less than or equal to 2. Following your logic, it should work then. Where is the problem? In which way does the peer send the data? Reading single bytes from a HTTP server works for me. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann Consultant