How do I make a PHP page which will make the client time out?

Question

I want to test that my client times out when a web server does not respond in time. I thought I could do this by making a PHP page that never completes the response, yet I don't want it to hog all the server's resources. I.e. this is not an option:

<?php while (true);?>

Suggestions?

`` will work? Although normally you will reach the maximum execution time (30 sec) in PHP, so it won't really work that way unless you can edit that. — Francisco Presencia, May 13 '13 at 12:34
*sidenote:* you can config browser timeout to save you some time on waiting. Try changing settings of Firefox : `network.http.connect.timeout` and `network.http.connect.timeout`. For other browsers, read more here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1342310/where-can-i-find-the-default-timeout-settings-for-all-browsershttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/1342310/where-can-i-find-the-default-timeout-settings-for-all-browsers — Raptor, May 13 '13 at 12:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '13 at 12:37

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You could try:

<?php
set_time_limit(0); /* No time limit */
sleep (1000);
?>

answered May 13 '13 at 12:37

Francisco Presencia

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '13 at 12:36

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try this

<?php 
   while (true){
         sleep (10000); 
   } 
?>

answered May 13 '13 at 12:36

Dima

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remove the while, it has no use just let it sleep – MKroeders May 13 '13 at 12:36
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Oh cmon, that's my comment – Francisco Presencia May 13 '13 at 12:36
@FrankPresenciaFandos as it answers the question you could've posted it as an answer yourself. – Niels Keurentjes May 13 '13 at 12:37
@DimaGoltsman you're sleeping 10000 seconds, or about 3 hours. The `while` is rather superfluous then since the delay already exceeds all other timers. – Niels Keurentjes May 13 '13 at 12:38
I just did with something a bit different. The while is correct, but not necessary. – Francisco Presencia May 13 '13 at 12:38
im just used to write readable code, this way its obvious you never want to respond – Dima May 13 '13 at 12:45

score -2 · Answer 3 · edited May 17 '13 at 00:41

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<?php while (true) sleep (10); ?>

This will work as long as the server has a timeout set.

edited May 17 '13 at 00:41

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answered May 13 '13 at 12:36

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How do I make a PHP page which will make the client time out?

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