Test for end-of-file on a file pointer in PHP

<?php/*from  w  ww  . j a v a2 s . c om*/
function safe_feof($fp, &$start = NULL) {
 $start = microtime(true);

 return feof($fp);
}

/* Assuming $fp is previously opened by fsockopen() */
$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
$start = NULL;
$timeout = ini_get('default_socket_timeout');

while(!safe_feof($fp, $start) && (microtime(true) - $start) < $timeout)
{
 /* Handle */
}
?>