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mixed imap_timeout ( int $timeout_type [, int $timeout ] )

Sets or fetchs the imap timeout.

timeout_type: One of the following: IMAP_OPENTIMEOUT, IMAP_READTIMEOUT, IMAP_WRITETIMEOUT, or IMAP_CLOSETIMEOUT.
timeout: The timeout, in seconds.

If the timeout parameter is set, this function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

If timeout is not provided or evaluates to -1, the current timeout value of timeout_type is returned as an integer.

Example #1 imap_timeout() example

 <?php

echo "The current read timeout is " . imap_timeout(IMAP_READTIMEOUT) . "\n";

?>