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What times out?  The script or the fsockopen call?
What is the error message?

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Hi,
Thanks for your answer.
You're right, it is not the fsockopen() which times out. It is the script itself because the fsockopen() never responds.
After 1 minute waiting for a respond, my browser give up.
So I don't have any error message from the script.

Here is some hints:
- the script runs fine on PHP4.2.x but not on PHP4.3.0
- fsockopen("207.46.245.61", 80); works fine on both PHP4.3.0 and PHP4.2.x
- fsockopen("lb.msnbc.com", 80); also works fine on both PHP4.3.0 and PHP4.2.x
- if you need, you can find the phpinfo page at this address :
http://w06.httpserveur.net/phpinfo.php

Thans a lot.

And did you read the NEWS for PHP 4.3.0?

"Added php.ini option "default_socket_timeout" to set the
timeout limit for PHP network streams.
(kalowsky, ilia@prohost.org, Wez)"

This setting is documented here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

Changing this to a documentation problem as the fsockopen page should mention this new feature (which helps prevents potential DOS attacks), and the documentation of the ini setting should be listed in either the network functions summary or in the new streams section.

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

sorry - I just re-read you report (it's early!).
Can you try a stable snapshot?
If it still hangs, can you read the instructions here:
http://bugs.php.net/bugs-generating-backtrace.php
and follow the "If you can't get a core file" section;
when/if php hangs (after approx 1 minute), interrupt the httpd by pressing CTRL-C and then type "bt full".

I stand by my original comment; you have your max_execution_time set to 30 seconds, while the default_socket_timeout is 60 seconds.
Try setting it to something less than 30 seconds (or even using the timeout parameter to fsockopen).

Hi,

We have set default_socket_timeout=20
It changes nothing. 
fsockopen() doesn't respond even after 20 secs.
After 1 minute waiting for a respond, my browser give up.
So I don't have any error message from the script.
Again, it works fine in PHP4.2.x. It responds (positively) in less than 3 secs and the socket is correctly open.
Tonight I will try with
 http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
I will tell you what happens.

Thanks.

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Hi,

I just tried :
http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
and the problem remains the same.

I'm sorry to bore you with that.

FYI: I can NOT reproduce this with PHP 4.3.1-dev.

Don't worry so. I will ask to my developpers to look in fsock.c to correct the problem.
You can close the bug if you want.
Have a good day.

Please try generating a backtrace as I asked, otherwise we will never know what is causing this problem.

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