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Posted by Brian Dunning on 08/05/05 01:01
For one project, I'm required to access a web service for every page.
Basically it returns a little bit of random text. I have no control
over the web service, and there is no possibility of cacheing or
bringing it locally: the requirements are that it be accessed live
across the Internet every time.
Most times it's instantaneous, but sometimes it can hang. I want to
give it a half-second timeout, which we're allowed to do, but there's
no documentation provided. Here is how we call it now (really simple):
include('http://04planet.info/kfc/grab_one.php');
I have STFW and RTFM and could only find vague references like "use
fsockopen instead" or "stream_set_timeout()" but I can't find an
actual complete working example anywhere. Any pointers?
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