[phpxmlrpc] Long lasting calls

[Gaetano Giunta]

  Attila wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using the phpxmlrpc 2.2.2 package in our code.
>
> An issue we run into is very long lasting calls.  We have methodCalls that are expected to take anywhere between 5 - 15 minutes.
>
> The problem is that there is a timeout somewhere.
>
> In the FAQ there is a section titled:
>
>
>     How to enable long-lasting method calls
>
> Can you provide a quick pointer on how to prevent the library from timing out?
>

Not really hard - it's just that are more than one place where a timeout is imposed:
1. use the timeout parameter in the send() method call [client side]
2. set the php script timeout limit: parameter max_execution_time in in php.ini (or via an ini_set() call if you cannot alter php.ini eg. on shared hosting) 
[both client and server]
3. make sure that the webserver serving the request does not time out in itself, e.g. the TimeOut directive for Apache might have an impact

For debugging purposes:
1. use debug level 3 on the phpxmlrpc client
2. use a network sniffer such as Wireshark

bye
Gaetano

ps: for such long-lasting methods, it might be better off to split processing in multiple xmlrpc calls:
one that starts processing, gets back a token
then a loop that every X seconds asks with the given token if results are ready
server-side, the ignore_user_abort() php function could be used to make sure processing of the first call continues after sending the token response to the client

> Thank you,
>
> -A
>
>
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