Why can Apache hang out in a file_get_contents?

[Jolied]

In the performance of the code on Denver's website below, it hangs. What's the problem?

file_get_contents("http://the-system.org/engine/engine.php")

I tried to limit the number of symbols counted, the same result.

file_get_contents("http://the-system.org/engine/engine.php",NULL,NULL,0,1024);

[Laycee]

Is that the problem with this website or any other thing?

Try:

ini_set('default_socket_timeout', 3); // максимум 3 секунды на выполнение операции чтения с сокетов.
file_get_contents("http://the-system.org/engine/engine.php");