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Re: getting a url with a mS timout in PHP < 5.2 [message #175780 is a reply to message #175776]

Mon, 24 October 2011 06:42

Ben Barker
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Registered: October 2011

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On Oct 24, 12:35 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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> Jerry Stuckle
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> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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Unfortunately I can't easily update the PHP version - though that may
end up being the solution. However, in this case mS response times are
reasonable, since this is a local network with well defined traffic
volumes.

Cheers,

Ben

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		getting a url with a mS timout in PHP < 5.2 By: Ben Barker on Sun, 23 October 2011 21:56
		Re: getting a url with a mS timout in PHP < 5.2 By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 23 October 2011 23:35
		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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