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benton · 06-23-2009, 03:06 AM

I have a script that reads the file contents of a site. My host recently upgraded to php 5 and the script doesn't work correctly. It still runs without errors but takes much longer and no results are found. I've narrowed down the code to this

Code:

$file = @fopen($filename, "r");
if (!$file) 
{
  echo "<p>Unable to open remote file $filename.\n";
}
else
{          
  while (!feof($file)) 
  {
  }
}

If I remove the while (!feof($file)) line, the script executes quickly. If I leave it in, it takes almost a minute before it returns. I checked the php manual to see if there is a difference betwen these functions for php 4 and 5 but didn't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this fails when php 5 is enabled or any suggestions on another method?

06-23-2009, 03:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
benton The Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 78 Thanks: 0	Simple script fails with php5 I have a script that reads the file contents of a site. My host recently upgraded to php 5 and the script doesn't work correctly. It still runs without errors but takes much longer and no results are found. I've narrowed down the code to this Code: $file = @fopen($filename, "r"); if (!$file) { echo "<p>Unable to open remote file $filename.\n"; } else { while (!feof($file)) { } } If I remove the while (!feof($file)) line, the script executes quickly. If I leave it in, it takes almost a minute before it returns. I checked the php manual to see if there is a difference betwen these functions for php 4 and 5 but didn't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this fails when php 5 is enabled or any suggestions on another method?