how to set php function timeout?

jaylee

i'm executing the following lines of code within my php script:

$filename = "http://www.domain.com/image.jpg";
$size = @getimagesize ($filename);
$fp = @fopen($filename, "r");

but sometimes it took me over 5 minutes to complete this segment of code when the remote server is having slow response.

is it possible to set a timeout period so that the code will return a false value indicating the execution timeout?

thanks.

planetsim

5mins wow.. I didnt think PHP waited that long.. I think it does 30seconds trying to execute something.. Then if its still going after 30seconds it returns false.. But that could be my set up...

you could try making somthing
Like that...

This is just from the top of my head though.. So its not tested

try using time();

so like

$time=time();

then from there you'll want a timeout $timeout=$time-60;so 60seconds we'll give the script to execute..

then do maybe an if else so we can tell if its executed.. Or not..

But other than that im pretty sure it comes down to the config of your PHP.

jaylee

the code is only 2 lines, and actually the code is still running, trying to obtain data from the given url, but just extremely slow due to the connectivity to the remote url.

instead of waiting for 5 minutes or even 10 minutes until the complete data is being fetched, i would like to terminate the execution of my code if it's taking too long, for example, 60 seconds.