imap_thread
imap_timeout(1, <seconds>) works fine for pop3 connections, but apparently not for pop3s (ssl, port 995) connections, where the default socket timeout still applies.
This applies to php 4.3.10, not tested on other versions.
imap_timeout
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5)
imap_timeout — Set or fetch imap timeout
Description
Sets or fetchs the imap timeout.
Parameters
- timeout_type
-
One of the following: IMAP_OPENTIMEOUT, IMAP_READTIMEOUT, IMAP_WRITETIMEOUT, or IMAP_CLOSETIMEOUT.
- timeout
-
The timeout, in seconds.
Return Values
If the timeout parameter is set, this function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.
If timeout is not provided or evaluates to -1, the current timeout value of timeout_type is returned as an integer.
Examples
Example #1 imap_timeout() example
<?php
echo "The current read timeout is " . imap_timeout(IMAP_READTIMEOUT) . "\n";
?>
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User Contributed Notesimap_timeout
david dot morel at amakuru dot net
17-Nov-2005 04:48
17-Nov-2005 04:48
bwgraham at vt dot edu
12-Mar-2004 07:53
12-Mar-2004 07:53
We looked into the source to find out what this function actually does and how to use it. The function overrides the default_socket_timeout setting from your php.ini file
You can retrieve the current timeout length for each timeout type by calling the function as:
imap_timeout(timeout_type);
or
imap_timeout(timeout_type,-1);
You can set the timeout length for any of the timeout types by setting the timeout value to a number of seconds.
imap_timeout(timeout_type,<number of seconds>);
The timeout types are as follows:
1: Open
2: Read
3: Write
4: Close
It does not appear that the close type has been implemented.