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Works fine here.

>Hello,
>i got the bug of fsockopen no timeout
>on different debian and latest php
>you say it works perfectly, did you tried with a blocked >adress or non existant domain ?
Yes, I did.

>did you got it to work on debian ?
No, since I don't use debian and have no chance to test it there. So if you're able to provide some more information - please provide it.
And please use this system instead of mailing privately so we can track the things.

This echo "connected," and hangs for ever, timout doesnt works :
---------------------------------
$scfp=fsockopen("www.microsoft.com", 111,&$errno,&$errstr,5);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
stream_set_timeout($scfp,2);
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp);   }
fclose($scfp);

//////////////////////

This works, considering timout is checked in the fgets loop. stream_set_timeout() replace the bug of fsockopen that doesnt timeout.

$scfp=fsockopen("www.microsoft.com", 111,&$errno,&$errstr,2);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
stream_set_timeout($scfp,2);
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp); 
 $info = stream_get_meta_data($scfp);
 if ($info['timed_out']) {  echo "timeout"; exit; }
  }
fclose($scfp);

---------------------
PHP 5.1.1-1.dotdeb.2 (cli) (built: Dec  1 2005 12:46:40)

we are talking here of a fsockopen connection attempt to a non responding remote server, like a server with DROP iptable firewall. Noteven responding error or 404, just not responding at all.
fsockopen never timeout, fgets never find the EOF.
=> Hang.

did a mistake in the first post, here is the way to understand. Timeout works only if add stream_set_timeout() to the inloop stream. Why the fsokopen timeout doesnt timeout ? no idea.

--------------------------------

This echo "connected," and hangs for ever, timout doesnt works :
---------------------------------
$scfp=fsockopen("www.microsoft.com", 111,&$errno,&$errstr,5);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp);   }
fclose($scfp);

//////////////////////

This works, considering timout is checked in the fgets loop.
stream_set_timeout() replace the bug of fsockopen that doesnt timeout.

$scfp=fsockopen("www.microsoft.com", 111,&$errno,&$errstr,2);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
stream_set_timeout($scfp,2);
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp); 
 $info = stream_get_meta_data($scfp);
 if ($info['timed_out']) {  echo "timeout"; exit; }
  }
fclose($scfp);

---------------------
PHP 5.1.1-1.dotdeb.2 (cli) (built: Dec  1 2005 12:46:40)

Please use this adress to test :

$scfp=fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,1);

I dont know what firewall there is, but sometimes, my demo is correct, on microsoft it is not.

You can delete previous post, here is a good example :

This echo "connected," and hangs for ever, timout doesnt works :
---------------------------------
$scfp=fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp);   }
fclose($scfp);

//////////////////////

This works, considering timout is checked in the fgets loop.
stream_set_timeout() replace the bug of fsockopen that doesnt timeout.

$scfp=fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,2);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
stream_set_timeout($scfp,2);
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp); 
 $info = stream_get_meta_data($scfp);
 if ($info['timed_out']) {  echo "timeout"; exit; }
  }
fclose($scfp);

---------------------
PHP 5.1.1-1.dotdeb.2 (cli) (built: Dec  1 2005 12:46:40)

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.1-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.1-win32-latest.zip

thanks, i already got 5.1
i can't reinstall php now, but this bug as been reported many times, since years, so i dont think it is debug today.

Works fine on different Fedora Core and SuSE versions, AIX, Solaris and FreeBSD, hence the problem is not in PHP itself, but somewhere in the underlying system libraries.
Please report this issue to Debian developers.

Try this one, it reply connected, but hangs for ever.
Tested on Debian and redhat. Same Result.

$scfp=fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp);   }
}
fclose($scfp);

Host generation.elliptic.fr is alive and fsockopen() succeeds for me.
But with that's what I get with sf.net, for example:
# time ./sapi/cli/php -r 'var_dump(fsockopen("sf.net", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5));'

Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to sf.net:8060 (Connection timed out) in Command line code on line 1
bool(false)

real    0m5.257s
user    0m0.007s
sys     0m0.002s

Right, same for me :
-------------------------
ns55:~# time ./sapi/cli/php -r 'var_dump(fsockopen("sf.net",
> 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5));'
-bash: ./sapi/cli/php: No such file or directory

real    0m0.004s
user    0m0.010s
sys     0m0.000s
ns55:~# time php -r 'var_dump(fsockopen("sf.net",8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5));'

Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to sf.net:8060 (Connection timed out) in                                                                              Command line code on line 1
bool(false)

real    0m5.107s
user    0m0.080s
sys     0m0.020s
ns55:~# time php -r 'var_dump(fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr",8060,&$errno,&$                                                                             errstr,5));'
resource(4) of type (stream)

real    0m0.084s
user    0m0.060s
sys     0m0.020s
-----------------------------------------

Does it mean, the problem is after the fsockopen ?
Fsockopen reach host, so it says ok, but dont care if server send something back, then the feof stay stuck as it doesnt find EOF ? Maybe this is it ?
in the :
while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($....
As you see my script, this one hangs in the while loop :

<?
$scfp=fsockopen("generation.elliptic.fr", 8060,&$errno,&$errstr,5);
if(!$scfp) {echo "error"; exit;
} else {
echo "connected,";
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi\r\n\r\n");

while(!feof($scfp)) {$page .= fgets($scfp);   }
}
fclose($scfp);
?>