What is hard_timeout in PHP Core config?

Question

Available since PHP 7.1.0, hard_timeout have 2 seconds as default value and accept integgers as value.

At documentation, http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.hard-timeout, there is no additional information available.

What's the difference between other "timeout" flags and hard_timeout in PHP?

Answer 1

PHP timeout will try to kill the application "softly".

In case it can't, by any reason, the hard timeout will kill by force.

Info from here: http://php-news.ctrl-f5.net/message/php.internals/92559