Are there any best practices for handling Long Polling scripts in PHP to avoid issues like the one described in the forum thread?

The issue described in the forum thread is likely related to long polling scripts in PHP causing high server load and potential timeouts. To avoid this, one best practice is to implement a timeout mechanism within the script to limit the duration of each long poll request. This can help prevent the script from running indefinitely and consuming excessive server resources.

// Set a timeout limit for the long polling script
set_time_limit(60); // 1 minute timeout

// Your long polling logic here
while (true) {
    // Check for new data or events
    // If data is available, send response and exit loop
    if ($newData) {
        echo json_encode($newData);
        break;
    }
    
    // Sleep for a short duration before checking again
    usleep(1000000); // 1 second delay
}