Delay when retrieving url using file_get_contents

[BrizRobbo]

Hi Folks,

 

I'm using the file_get_contents function to retrieve the contents from a URL. Something like:

 

<?php
echo date('h:i:s')."\n"; //TIMESTAMP -START
$contents = file_get_contents("http://lasun122/index.html");
print "$contents\n";
echo date('h:i:s')."\n"; //TIMESTAMP -END
print "FINISHED\n";
?>

 

It gets all the contents of that URL successfully, then prints it out successfully. The time between the 2 timestamps is typically less than 1 second. However, there always is about a 5 second delay before the program finishes and I get back to the shell prompt. It doesn't matter what web server I'm trying to hit, the delay is always there.

 

Does anyone have any idea what might cause this delay?

 

Cheers.