On Mon, January 28, 2008 3:56 pm, Ravi Menon wrote: > 1) curl: > > . > . > curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1 ); > . > . > $resp = curl_exec($handle) > > > 2) sockets: > > stream_set_timeout( $sock, 1); This is only for AFTER you've already opened up the socket. If you want a timeout on the opening, the setting is in php.ini, or you can just use ini_set() right before the fsockopen. > In (1), how is the timeout applied - is it: > > a) timeout includes the entire curl_exec() call - the combined socket > write() ( to send the request ) and > the read() ( read the response ) calls. > > or > > b) timeout is independently applied to write() and read() end > respectively. > > Some of our tests seem to indicate it is (a). You'd probably have to ask the cURL folks... > In (2), I am assuming the stream timeout is applied at each i/o call > independently for fwrite() and fread() - I am pretty > much certain on this as this is how it would map to underlying C > calls..... Almost for sure, it applies to any given fwrite/fread. Actually, probably at an even lower level, to any given packet sent/received within an fwrite/fread > It will be good to get a confirmation on our doubts. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
