[Jason Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> > Personally, I think having an alarm (timeout) function is a really good
> > idea.
> >
> > Setting a timer, and then being able to jump from whatever you are doing if
> > it is taking too long is something that has helped me do some really neat
> > stuff in C and Perl... and I was a little dissapointed when I learned PHP
> > didn't have.
>
> Although I've been able to solve my current problem with fsockopen(), I
> think an alarm function would be nice to have for other things. Perl is
> open-source, right? Probably the best way to implement this in PHP would be
> to look at how Perl is doing it and go from there.
It's not that simple in PHP. Perl is a standalone environment, so you
can use signals to your heart's delight. But PHP is usually one with
Apache, and signals are not easily shared.
I suggest implementing a timeout using ticks on the C level.
- Stig
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Stig Sæther Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway
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