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wikimedia/request-timeout
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Request timeout library for Excimer with plain PHP fallback

v3.0.0(1y ago)2451.2k—5.7%1MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Jan 11Pushed 2mo ago19 watchersCompare

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[Excimer](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Excimer) is an extension for PHP which provides flexible userspace timers.

This library provides a global request timeout concept, ideally using Excimer, but with a fallback to set\_time\_limit() if Excimer is not available.

Typical usage:

```
use Wikimedia\RequestTimeout\RequestTimeout;

RequestTimeout::singleton()->setWallTimeLimit( 20 );

```

This sets a timer for 20 seconds of wall clock time. When it expires, a TimeoutException will be thrown.

It is possible to query the amount of time remaining:

```
if ( RequestTimeout::singleton()->getWallTimeRemaining() > 5 ) {
	do_slow_thing();
} else {
	do_fast_thing();
}

```

This works in the fallback mode.

The library provides a critical section concept. If a critical section is active, timeouts will be queued, rather than immediately thrown. The timeout exception will be thrown once no critical section is open.

```
$csp = RequestTimeout::singleton()->createCriticalSectionProvider( 5 );
$csp->enter( __METHOD__ );
try {
	do_something();
} finally {
	$csp->exit( __METHOD__ );
}

```

It is important to always exit a critical section. If the code in the critical section can throw an error, try/finally can be used to ensure that the critical section is exited. Alternatively we provide a scope variable model:

```
function foo() {
	$scope = $csp->scopedEnter( __METHOD__ );
	do_something();
}

```

The critical section exits when the scope object is destroyed. However, with this method, it is important to not terminate the request during the critical section, for example by calling `exit()`, or by keeping the scope object in global variable after the function returns. The library may throw an exception from a destructor during request shutdown, which causes a PHP fatal error.

Critical sections are not functional in the fallback mode.

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~269 days

Recently: every ~307 days

Total

7

Last Release

384d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02024-11-12

v2.0.2 → v3.0.02025-06-15

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.2

2.0.0PHP >=7.4

v3.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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