On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:26:24 +0200 "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@xxxxxx> wrote: > From the docs[1]: > > | The web server runs only one single-threaded process, so PHP > | applications will stall if a request is blocked. > > I assume that this is the problem. If it is, you can work around: > > | You can configure the built-in webserver to fork multiple workers in > | order to test code that requires multiple concurrent requests to the > | built-in webserver. Set the PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS environment > | variable to the number of desired workers before starting the > server. | This is not supported on Windows. > > [1] <https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php> You are a gentleman and a scholar. Your advice solved the problem. I appreciate the assist. My original choice (file_get_contents()) worked as advertised. Paul -- Paul M. Foster Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster