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Re: getting a url with a mS timout in PHP < 5.2 [message #175776 is a reply to message #175773]

Sun, 23 October 2011 23:35

Jerry Stuckle
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On 10/23/2011 5:56 PM, Ben Barker wrote:
> Can anyone suggest an approach to getting a file from a URL, with a
> timeout in the mS range, given that I am using php 5.1, and the cURL
> mS timeout option did not becomeavailable until 5.2?
>
> I have looked at using file_get contents, but whatever I try I don't
> seem to be able to get the timeout below 1s. Quite a number of the
> URLs I'm likely to try will be unavailable, but those that return
> should do so very quickly indeed - so for the script to run as fast as
> possibly I ideally need to find a way around this...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben
>

1. Update your version of PHP.
2. Never expect ms response times consistently from a site. Too many
things can affect the response time.

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		Re: getting a url with a mS timout in PHP < 5.2 By: Ben Barker on Mon, 24 October 2011 06:42

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