Try just leaving out the fclose($socket) and let PHP close it at the end for you... It's probably not IDEAL, but it may at least get you moving forward with other bigger issues. Check the http://bugs.php.net/ bugs as well -- Might be something in there of use. There will be a few zillion bogus ones for sockets though... :-( On Wed, August 29, 2007 3:40 am, Alvar Saenz-Otero wrote: > Hello, > > I have a small but somewhat annoying issue. > > Whenever I open a socket to another server, the file is read very > quickly, but it takes the up to 30 seconds or so to close the > connection... > > Here is what I do: > $sever = "server.mit.edu"; > $url = "/link"; > $port = 80; > $user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; > $server_protocol = $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL']; > > $valsencoded = ""; > while (list($key,$value) = each ($content)) > $valsencoded .= urlencode($key) . "=" . urlencode($value) ."&"; > $valsencoded = substr($urlencoded,0,-1); > > $content_length = strlen($valsencoded); > > $headers = "POST $url $server_protocol > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded > Host: $server > Content-Length: $content_length > > "; > > // open socket > $socket = fsockopen($server, $port, $errno, $errstr, 60.0); > if (!$socket) { > $error = "ERROR: cannot contact Mailman server"; > return array(false,$error,$error); } > > if ($errstr) { > $error = "ERROR: fSockOpen Error ($errno): $errstr"; > return array(false,$error,$error); } > > fputs($socket, $headers); // send headers > fputs($socket, $urlencoded); // send post data > > // "tried stream_set_timeout($socket,3)" here > > // get the returned page > while (!feof($socket)) > { > $buf = @fgets($socket, 2048); > $htmlreturned .= $buf; > } > fclose($socket); > > If I put a debug 'echo "BUF: $buf\n" inside the while loop, I see the > returned html from the post show up pretty much immediately, within > about a second, maybe less. > > However, the process 'stalls' after that for between 15-30 seconds, > and > then ends correctly. > > I have tried to use timeouts, but they did not have any effects (did > not > really expect them to, but just in case). > > My setup is Debian 4.0, php 5.2.0-8+etch7. Unfortunately I don't know > the other server OS's/applications. > > I found similar questions in posts from 2002 and 2003, but there were > no > replies (2002-04-30 guido.d.berger and 2003-11-25 thomas weber). > > Any ideas greatly appreciated, > > Alvar > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Please vote for this great band: http://acl.mp3.com/feature/soundandjury/?band=COMPANY-OF-THIEVES Requires email confirmation. One vote per day per email limit. Obvious ballot-stuffing will be revoked. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
