OK I've found it... The time out value is a FLOAT. So a timeout of 1 second is 1.0. Strange since the examples in the manual are integers.
Anyway this works: $socket = fsockopen($urlArray["host"], $urlArray["port"], &$errnum, &$errstr, 1.0); "Peter Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > According to the manual; > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php > Depending on the environment, optional connect timeout may not be available. > > Does anyone know what environment is needed for it to be available? > I have Redhat Linux 7.1 - and the timeout doen't seem to work. > > Any ideas? > > Peter > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php