PHP Timeouts, Retries and Limits
PHP Performance
BONUS: We have discussed this topic with an expert in the PHP community in our podcast:
We have blogged about timeouts, retries and limits before in these three blog posts:
- What is the best value for max_execution_time in PHP? discusses the argument for decreasing the max execution time INI setting to lower than the default 30 seconds.
- Using HTTP Client timeouts in PHP show the various ways to set timeouts for outgoing HTTP connections in PHP.
- Use timeouts to prevent long running select queries show a more recent MySQL feature that allows failing queries after a timeout has been reached.
We discussed all these topics with Bastian Hoffmann from our partner SysEleven in this podcast episode.
About the author
I am the founder and CEO of Tideways. I started the company over 10 years ago with the mission to move the PHP ecosystem forward, starting with performance. As managing director, I work across product, strategy, and the day-to-day of building a developer-focused SaaS business.
I’m a core contributor to the Doctrine open-source project and a founding board member of the PHP Foundation, which reflects my long-standing commitment to the PHP ecosystem. I particularly enjoy working at the intersection of application performance, developer experience, and the open-source community that makes PHP what it is. Outside of work, I enjoy board games, hiking, and coffee.