Parallel HTTP requests in PHP using PECL HTTP classes [Answer: HttpRequestPool class]

Question

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The HttpRequestPool class provides a solution. Many thanks to those who pointed this out.

A brief tutorial can be found at: http://www.phptutorial.i

Answer 1

You could use pcntl_fork() to create a separate process for each request, then wait for them to end:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-fork.php

Is there any reason you don't want to use cURL? The curl_multi_* functions would allow for multiple requests at the same time.