asked on 8/8/2011

file_get_content timeout with ajax

I have a test script that connects to a webpage via ajax and returns a response. All is working accept if the network is down. The timeout takes to long to return a response. I would like to manually dial the timeout to 10 seconds instead of the default. Below is my test.html page. Attach is my php script that gets called by ajax. I have tried adding option to the file_get_contents but is doesn't seem to work.

//options
$ctx = stream_context_create(array(
'http' => array(
'timeout' => 5,
'ignore_errors' => true
)
)
);
//////////////////////

<html>
<head>
function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
return new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} else {
alert("Please upgrade your browser to gain full functionality.");
}
}

//Our XmlHttpRequest object
var AJAXObject = getXmlHttpRequestObject();

function ajaxcall(url,functionname){
if (AJAXObject.readyState == 4 || AJAXObject.readyState == 0) {
AJAXObject.open("GET", url, true);
AJAXObject.onreadystatechange = functionname;
AJAXObject.send(null);
}
}

function testScript(){
var url = "test.php";
ajaxcall(url,checkTestScript);
}

function checkTestScript(){
if(AJAXObject.readyState == 4){
alert(AJAXObject.responseText);
}
}

</script>

</head>
<body>
<input type='button' onClick="testScript();" value="Click Here for Test"> Please Click The Button
</body>
</html>

<?php

$url = "https://www.testwebsite/";
 
$str = file_get_contents($url);
 
$field1 = substr($str,0,strpos($str," "));
$field2 = substr($str,strpos($str," ")+1);
 
if (preg_match("/APPROVED/i", "$str")) {
   $field1 = substr($str,0,strpos($str," "));
   $field2 = substr($str,strpos($str," ")+1);
   echo "1|$field1|$field2";
}else{
   echo "0|$str";
}

?>

Last Comment

8/9/2011

8/8/2011

Have you checked the allow_url_fopen directive is turned on in your INI settings?

jmsloan

8/8/2011

ASKER

It is on

Derokorian

8/8/2011

Yeah, my bad just reread your post - I misread your question. My apologies.

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Ray Paseur

8/8/2011

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jmsloan

8/9/2011

ASKER

I get the following error when I try to use the CURL Function above

CURL FAIL: https://mytestwebsite.com:8443/testdir/webAuth.do?id=1234acct=1234?s=lulu&f=snl1c1ohgvt1 TIMEOUT=2, CURL_ERRNO=60array(19) { ["url"]=> string(147) "https://mytestwebsite.com:8443/testdir/webAuth.do?id=1234acct=1234?s=lulu&f=snl1c1ohgvt1" ["http_code"]=> int(0) ["header_size"]=> int(0) ["request_size"]=> int(0) ["filetime"]=> int(-1) ["ssl_verify_result"]=> int(-8179) ["redirect_count"]=> int(0) ["total_time"]=> float(0) ["namelookup_time"]=> float(0.294436) ["connect_time"]=> float(0.339184) ["pretransfer_time"]=> float(0) ["size_upload"]=> float(0) ["size_download"]=> float(0) ["speed_download"]=> float(0) ["speed_upload"]=> float(0) ["download_content_length"]=> float(-1) ["upload_content_length"]=> float(-1) ["starttransfer_time"]=> float(0) ["redirect_time"]=> float(0) } NO https://mytestwebsite.com:8443/testdir/webAuth.do?id=1234acct=1234

Does it matter that I'm actually connecting with https: to a specific port and using GET variables?

https://mytestwebsite.com:8443/testdir/webAuth.do?id=1234&acct=1234

jmsloan

8/9/2011

ASKER

I guess my question is.

What is the best way to send a GET request via https to a specific port and echo the response? Also a timeout of no more than 10 seconds must be in included.

Ray Paseur

8/9/2011

The curl error #60 appears to be related to the use of SSL.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-errno.php

What is the actual URL of your test script on the HTTPS site? I'll try to read it and show you my code. Thanks, ~Ray

Ray Paseur

8/9/2011

This page might have something useful...
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

jmsloan

8/9/2011

ASKER

I can't give it out because it is a bank site with account info.

Ray Paseur

8/9/2011

You can't give us a test site? How can we test?

jmsloan

8/9/2011