Curl timeout issue

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Using PHP's Curl how do I know that the page is not responding so as to grab another one?

Set timeout as strager responded, check return code of curl_exec, and you can also retreive some usefull information by curl_getinfo() — Piotr Müller
– Piotr Müller, Commented Aug 20, 2010 at 12:30
When the result array had it's errno key set to 28. Just like this: ["errno"]=>int(28) — JeroenEijkhof
– JeroenEijkhof, Commented Jul 4, 2011 at 5:32

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:38:18Z

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Use the CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT option:

// Wait two seconds before bailing
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);

There's also CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, which works for an entire request call (including DNS fetching and reading the data).

To check if a call did time out, you may be able to check its return value. If not, the CURL handler's curl_errno is set, which you can compare to CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT (or just CURLE_OK).

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Pekka Over a year ago

But this is not his question, is it? The question is how to tell a call timed out (as opposed to some other error)

strager Over a year ago

@Pekka, Oh, seems I misread the question. I'll update my answer.

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