note 117928 added to curl.constants

Regarding CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT vs. CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED: Originally cURL had the constant named TIMEOUTED (read: "timeout-ed"). This was changed[1] in 2007 and v7.17.0 to be TIMEDOUT (read: "timed out") and the old constant kept in place as an alias. PHP started off using TIMEOUTED as well. The TIMEDOUT constant was added[2] in 2012 and v5.5.0 and the old constant was *kept in place*. If you ask me, the TIMEDOUT constant reads more nicely (not to mention is technically the correct one to use) and as long as you're using PHP 5.5+ then it is available. If you have to support older versions then I suggest you keep using the new constant and add a polyfill like <?php if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, "5.5.0", "<")) { define("CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT", CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED); } ?> or <?php // PHP <5.5.0 defined("CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT") || define("CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT", CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEOUTED); ?> to be removed once you stop supporting them. [1] https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/9f44a95522162c0f4a61093efe1bf1f58b087358#diff-d8c6cb80505e0f7d5e27fca2a682aa34L119 [2] https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/9ab45d3edbafa3ee751472c3f8d1fb3f51f38cf1#diff-ac978e3de205f1d14eb960e0eb15ef24R723 ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 38.140.26.42 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/curl.constants.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/117928 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117928 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/117928 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php