cURL causing web server to stall

PHP
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Hey guys,

Some sites I view using cURL to download the content are causing my web server to stall indefinitely (restarting server fixes it). I am not sure what causes this, but it’s the same sites that do it. Is there a way to make the server stop trying to load a page after a given amount of time, so stalling does not occur?

Thanks much

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  1. have you checked to see what errors are being returned from cURL, either in the cURL function or in the server logs?

  2. Maybe try a timeout for cURL connections: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1418583/curl-connect-timeout-not-working