Description

bool stream_set_timeout ( resource stream, int seconds [, int microseconds] )

Sets the timeout value on stream, expressed in the sum of seconds and microseconds. Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

When the stream times out, the 'timed_out' key of the array returned by stream_get_meta_data() is set to TRUE, although no error/warning is generated.

Example 1. stream_set_timeout() example <?php $fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80); if (!$fp) {     echo "Unable to open\n"; } else {     fwrite($fp, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");     stream_set_timeout($fp, 2);     $res = fread($fp, 2000);     $info = stream_get_meta_data($fp);     fclose($fp);     if ($info['timed_out']) {         echo 'Connection timed out!';     } else {         echo $res;     } } ?>

This function was previously called as set_socket_timeout() and later socket_set_timeout() but this usage is deprecated.

See also fsockopen() and fopen().