stream_set_timeout()

stream_set_timeout() — Set timeout period on a stream.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

What it does

Sets the timeout value on stream, expressed in the sum of seconds and microseconds.

Signature

stream_set_timeout(resource $stream, int $seconds, int $microseconds = 0): bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	What it takes
$stream	resource	The target stream.
$seconds	int	The seconds part of the timeout to be set.
$microseconds	int	The microseconds part of the timeout to be set.

Return value

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Example

A runnable snippet:

$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80); if (!$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; } }