note 62663 added to function.proc-open

I found that with disabling stream blocking I was sometimes attempting to read a return line before the external application had responded. So, instead, I left blocking alone and used this simple function to add a timeout to the fgets function: // fgetsPending( $in,$tv_sec ) - Get a pending line of data from stream $in, waiting a maximum of $tv_sec seconds function fgetsPending(&$in,$tv_sec=10) { if ( stream_select($read = array($in),$write=NULL,$except=NULL,$tv_sec) ) return fgets($in); else return FALSE; } ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 155.70.23.45 (proxied: unknown) ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.proc-open.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/62663 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/62663 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/62663 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php