I'm creating a basic chat client using XMPPHP. The other chat client for now is Spark (only for test purposes). I don't understand why does the connect() functioon in XMLStream.php have a timeout of only 30 secs.
1) Is it customizable ?
2) What if I wish to maintain a persistent connection without timing out i.e. without getting idle or disconnected ?
the timeout of 30 seconds would happen if you invoke the PHP script via browser. That's the max time a browser waits for page to load.
In order to bypass it, you need to tell the server to wait more time for page to load. use set_time_limit(X); at the beginning of your PHP script , where X is the amount of time you want the script to keep running.
X=0 means infinity ( not recommended).
You can also run the PHP script via command line where the time limit will not apply.