Purposfully timeout a PHP script
.htaccess, apache, php, timeout
Solution
A 408 is a client error:
408 Request Timeout
The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait.
So you'll have to `telnet <yourhost> 80` and just sit and wait. Of course you can emulate this through `fsockopen()` if you want to do it programmatically.
Throwing the header from code might also work.
Problem
this may seem odd, but I actually need a PHP script that WILL time-out, i.e.: take so long to execute that Apache WILL time-out the script and fire a 408 error. The purpose for this, is to demo capturing the 408 with a custom 408 error page to report timeouts to a database. Perhaps there is a better way to do this that you may suggest? I don't think an infinite loop would work as Apache would 500 if I remember correctly. Edit ------- It has been pointed out that a 408 is a client error, so in addition, what error would Apache fire if a script times-out? I'd like an actual example rather than a synthesized `header()` as this is to be pitched to a client and they would ideally like a real-world example. Thank you!