Description
bool 
stream_set_timeout ( resource stream, int seconds [, int microseconds] )
     Sets the timeout value on stream,
     expressed in the sum of seconds and
     microseconds. Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
    
     When the stream times out, the 'timed_out' key of the array returned by
     stream_get_meta_data() is set to TRUE, although no
     error/warning is generated.
    
     
Example 1. stream_set_timeout() example 
<?php $fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80); if (!$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;     }
  } ?>
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    Note: 
      As of PHP 4.3, this function can (potentially) work on any kind of
      stream.  In PHP 4.3, socket based streams are still the only kind
      supported in the PHP core, although streams from other extensions
      may support this function.
     
     This function was previously called as
     set_socket_timeout() and later
     socket_set_timeout() but this usage is deprecated.
    
     See also
     fsockopen() and
     fopen().