How to override php.ini timeout for imap_timeout functions with secure POP3 servers

Question

The PHP IMAP library has no built-in ways to modify the imap_timeout function for secure pop3 connections. I am looking to create this function, so I can set the timeout to 1 second for connections for secure pop3 servers, but I'm just not sure where I will start learning about overriding the php.ini command in the PHP function. Any ideas?

imap_timeout (1,) works fine for pop3 connections , but apparently not for pop3s (ssl, port 995) connections, where the default socket timeout is still applied. This applies to php 4.3.10, not tested on other versions.

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We studied the source to find out what this function really does and how to use it. The function overrides the default_socket_timeout parameter from the php.ini file

You can get the current timeout length for each timeout by calling a function like:

imap_timeout (timeout_type); or imap_timeout (timeout_type, -1);

You can set the timeout length for any type of timeout by setting the timeout for a few seconds.

imap_timeout (timeout_type,);

The timeout types are as follows:

1: Open 2: Read 3: Write 4: Close

It doesn't look like the closure type has been implemented.

Source: https://students.kiv.zcu.cz/doc/php5/manual/cs/function.imap-timeout.php.html

Answer 1

use default_socket_timeout

here's a little demo to override the default configuration.

 ini_set('default_socket_timeout', 2); // your socket based code here // restore to the default socket timeout ini_restore('default_socket_timeout');