stream_select() treats a 0 timeout as the regular select() system call does; it means do not block if no events are pending (timeout immediately).

A NULL value is the traditional "wait for eternity" behaviour that you have described, and so it sounds like socket_select() is actually the broken function.

Err, can you check that again?
The code for both stream_select() and socket_select() appear to treat 0 in the same way (timeout immediately).

Assigned to nicos and Wez.

Assigned to nicos and Wez.

_Really_ now

Please try this script; it works just fine here.

The expected output is this:
resource(4) of type (Socket)
Testing timeout of 0 seconds
Timeout after 0 seconds, n is 0
OK!

Testing timeout of 5 seconds
Timeout after 5 seconds, n is 0
OK!

Please allow a good 10 seconds for this last part; it should never
return; after more than 10 seconds, stop the script by pressing CTRL-C
Testing timeout of infinite seconds


<?php

function timeout_test($s, $duration)
{
    $t1 = time();
    printf("Testing timeout of %s seconds\n", $duration === null ? "infinite" : $duration);

    $n = socket_select($r = array($s), $w = null, $e = null, $duration);
    $t2 = time();

    $actual = $t2 - $t1;
    
    printf("Timeout after %d seconds, n is %d\n", $actual, $n);

    if ($actual != $duration) {
        echo "---> FAILED? (although a small difference is allowed!)\n";
    } else {
        echo "OK!\n";
    }  
    echo "\n";
    
}

$s = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
var_dump($s);

timeout_test($s, 0);
timeout_test($s, 5);

echo "Please allow a good 10 seconds for this last part; it should never\n";
echo "return; after more than 10 seconds, stop the script by pressing CTRL-C\n";

timeout_test($s, null);

?>

Please use that script and not the previous one:

<?php

function timeout_test($s, $duration)
{
    $t1 = time();
    printf("Testing timeout of %s seconds\n", $duration === null ?
"infinite" : $duration);

    $n = socket_select($r = array($s), $w = null, $e = null,
$duration);
    $t2 = time();

    $actual = $t2 - $t1;

    printf("Timeout after %d seconds, n is %d\n", $actual, $n);

    if ($actual != $duration) {
        echo "---> FAILED? (although a small difference is
allowed!)\n";
    } else {
        echo "OK!\n";
    }
    echo "\n";

}

$s = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
var_dump($s);
socket_bind($s, "localhost", 14450);
socket_listen($s);

timeout_test($s, 0);
timeout_test($s, 5);
timeout_test($s, null);

?>

Okay after some feedbacks, it looks that it is bogus. You seem to think that 0 is NULL but it's not. Actually if you give 0 to socket_select it will wait 0 second. Only NULL will be socket_select infinite. So it looks you have to use NULL directly and not 0. Please read http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.socket-select.php it's well explained there: 
" The tv_sec and tv_usec  together form the timeout parameter. The timeout is an upper bound on the amount of time elapsed before socket_select() return. tv_sec may be zero , causing socket_select() to return immediately. This is useful for polling. If tv_sec is NULL (no timeout), socket_select() can block indefinitely. "


Thank you for your report.