$timeout = 15;
$status = array();
$sockets = array();
/* Initiate connections to all the hosts simultaneously */
foreach ($hosts as $id => $host) {
$s = stream_socket_client("$host:80", $errno, $errstr, $timeout,
STREAM_CLIENT_ASYNC_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT);
if ($s) {
$sockets[$id] = $s;
$status[$id] = "in progress";
}
else { $status[$id] = "failed, $errno $errstr";
}
}
/* Now, wait for the results to come back in */
while (count($sockets)) {
$read = $write = $sockets;
/* This is the magic function - explained below */
$n = stream_select($read, $write, $e = null, $timeout);
if ($n > 0) {
/* readable sockets either have data for us, or are failed * connection attempts */
foreach ($read as $r) {
$id = array_search($r, $sockets);
$data = fread($r, 8192);
if (strlen($data) == 0) {
if ($status[$id] == "in progress") {
$status[$id] = "failed to connect";
}
fclose($r);
unset($sockets[$id]);
}
else {
$status[$id] .= $data;
}
}
/* writeable sockets can accept an HTTP request */
foreach ($write as $w) {
$id = array_search($w, $sockets);
fwrite($w, "HEAD / HTTP/1.0rnHost: "
. $hosts[$id] . "rnrn");
$status[$id] = "waiting for response";
}
}