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Detecting a timeout for a block of code in PHP
//Set the max time to 2 seconds
$time = new TimeOut(2);
$time->startTime();

sleep(3)

$time->endTime();
if ($time->timeExpired()){
    echo 'This function took too long to execute and was aborted.';
}

$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == 0) {
    // this is the child process
} else {
    // this is the parent process, and we know the child process id is in $pid
}

$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == 0) {
    // this is the child process
    // run your potentially time-consuming method
} else {
    // this is the parent process, and we know the child process id is in $pid
    sleep(2); // wait 2 seconds
    posix_kill($pid, SIGKILL); // then kill the child
}

declare(ticks=1);

class Timouter {

    private static $start_time = false,
    $timeout;

    public static function start($timeout) {
        self::$start_time = microtime(true);
        self::$timeout = (float) $timeout;
        register_tick_function(array('Timouter', 'tick'));
    }

    public static function end() {
        unregister_tick_function(array('Timouter', 'tick'));
    }

    public static function tick() {
        if ((microtime(true) - self::$start_time) > self::$timeout)
            throw new Exception;
    }

}

//Main code
try {
    //Start timeout
    Timouter::start(3);

    //Some long code to execute that you want to set timeout for.
    while (1);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    Timouter::end();
    echo "Timeouted!";
}

class TimeOut{
    public function __construct($time=0)
    {
        $this->limit = $time;
    }

    public function startTime()
    {
        $this->old = microtime(true);
    }

    public function checkTime()
    {
        $this->new = microtime(true);
    }

    public function timeExpired()
    {
        $this->checkTime();
        return ($this->new - $this->old > $this->limit);
    }

}