does fopen() never stop trying to open a file ? (on a server

[Anonymous]

try socket_set_timeout

 

[Anonymous]

or:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

/* Add redirection so we can get stderr. */
$fp = popen('x.php', 'r');
echo "'$fp'; " . gettype($fp) . "\n";
$read = fread($fp, 2096);
echo $read;
pclose($fp);
?>