Index: lib/filelib.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/lib/filelib.php,v
retrieving revision 1.50.2.9
diff -u -r1.50.2.9 filelib.php
--- lib/filelib.php	17 Mar 2008 12:35:35 -0000	1.50.2.9
+++ lib/filelib.php	25 Mar 2008 15:19:00 -0000
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@
  * @param array $headers http headers, null if none
  * @param array $postdata array means use POST request with given parameters
  * @param bool $fullresponse return headers, responses, etc in a similar way snoopy does
- * @param int $timeout connection timeout
+ * @param int $timeout timeout for complete download process including all file transfer 
+ *   (default 5 minutes)
+ * @param int $connecttimeout timeout for connection to server; this is the timeout that
+ *   usually happens if the remote server is completely down (default 20 seconds);
+ *   may not work when using proxy
  * @return mixed false if request failed or content of the file as string if ok.
  */
-function download_file_content($url, $headers=null, $postdata=null, $fullresponse=false, $timeout=20) {
+function download_file_content($url, $headers=null, $postdata=null, $fullresponse=false, $timeout=300, $connecttimeout=20) {
     global $CFG;
 
     // some extra security
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@
         require_once($CFG->libdir.'/snoopy/Snoopy.class.inc');
         $snoopy = new Snoopy();
         $snoopy->read_timeout = $timeout;
+        $snoopy->_fp_timeout  = $connecttimeout;
         $snoopy->proxy_host   = $CFG->proxyhost;
         $snoopy->proxy_port   = $CFG->proxyport;
         if (!empty($CFG->proxyuser) and !empty($CFG->proxypassword)) {
@@ -118,7 +123,8 @@
 
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $connecttimeout);
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
     if (!ini_get('open_basedir') and !ini_get('safe_mode')) {
         // TODO: add version test for '7.10.5'
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);