note 45587 added to function.fsockopen

Another important note about fsockopen! If your connecting to an URL that does not resolve, the function will not timeout (all I've tested is under FreeBSD). After many hours wasted, theres a Workaround: use gethostbyname(), before you make your fsockopen() request. $ip=gethostbyname($str); if($ip==$str){ echo "Lookup failed."; exit; }else{ echo "IP is $ip"; } Unfortunately there's a downside. The timeout for me was 90 seconds (under FreeBSD), and there appears to be no way to change this. I really wish there was better timeout code for these functions! Its probably easier to use curl.... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+45587 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+45587&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+45587&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php