PHP Curl - If no response within a certain time, proceed [duplicate]

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Setting Curl's Timeout in PHP (7 answers)

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I have a network system that checks other sites and displays results. However some of those sites can be slow to respond.

I'd like Curl to wait only a small time before saying "forget this site!" and moving onto the next.

How do you make curl abort an attempt after so much "idle" time?

The reason I did not post any code is because I have no idea where to even start on this feature! Be kind. :D

Answer 1

You have two separate options for the timeout:

CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT
Time (in seconds) spent connecting (set to 0 for infinite wait time)

CURLOPT_TIMEOUT
Time (in seconds) spent while curl is executing (set to 0 for inifinite wait time)

Answer 2

Look into CURLOPT_TIMEOUT and CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT in the manual. Also, search Stack Overflow before posting - Setting Curl's Timeout in PHP