[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18738: Improving cron spawning and other non-blocking HTTP requests

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#18738: Improving cron spawning and other non-blocking HTTP requests
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 Reporter:  johnbillion  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  HTTP         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 The `curl_multi` functions aren't non-blocking either (well, they are, but
 they don't actually allow you to perform a non-blocking request). Your
 script needs to wait for a result from `curl_multi_exec` in a `do while`
 loop. If you call `curl_multi_exec` once then carry on, the handle will be
 killed by PHP during cleanup and you risk killing the handle before it's
 completed its request (eg. it might be in the middle of sending data).

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