How to properly handle cURL timeouts and implement retries in PHP when making API requests

PHP
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I’m using cURL in PHP to fetch data from an external API. Sometimes the request times out or fails due to a temporary network issue. I want to set a timeout and also retry the request a few times before giving up.

What’s the best way to implement this in a clean and reliable way?
Should I use CURLOPT_TIMEOUT or CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, or both?
Also, how can I properly loop the retries while avoiding infinite loops or bad practices?

Sample code would be really helpful!

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Been a long time since i did anything with cURL in PHP, but sniffing curl_errno should be the answer?