When does timeout in stream_context_create not work?

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I'm trying to extract a small amount of data from another website but I am finding that it is timing out. I've put some coding clauses in place to try and force my code to obtain data from a similar data if trying to obtain it from the first takes too long.

$ctx = stream_context_create(array('http' => array('timeout' => 2)));

$geo = json_decode(file_get_contents($url, 0, $ctx), true);

In principle this should time out after 2 seconds and then I'll know its duff and go for the second URL. But it doesn't work, and tries to get it for 15 seconds. I've tried recplacing the $ctx with

ini_set('default_socket_timeout', 2);

But this doesn't work either. Can anyone please suggest something else I could try?

What version of PHP are you using? As timeout was only added in version 5.2.1 http://php.net/manual/en/context.http.php#refsect1-context.http-changelog — James Lockhart, Oct 05 '14 at 00:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:34

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In my case when the URL begins with https the timeout does not work. But when I removed the s from the end of the https it worked. If you can allow your script to use the non secure protocol your problem is solved.

answered Mar 31 '17 at 07:34

Janos

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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There is another way you can set the timeout..

It would be with stream_context_create().

$ctx = stream_context_create(array('http'=>
array(
    'timeout' => 1200, // 1 200 Seconds = 20 Minutes
)
));

echo file_get_contents('the link', false, $ctx);

Have a look here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Community

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answered Oct 05 '14 at 03:33

Avinash Babu

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When does timeout in stream_context_create not work?

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