PHP: Mysqlnd - Manual - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

Notice that since of PHP 5.3.0 there is no need to set 'default_socket_timeout to -1'. "The MySQL Client Library sets a default timeout of 365 * 24 * 3600 seconds (1 year) and waits for other timeouts to occur, such as TCP/IP timeouts. mysqlnd now uses th

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