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# PH timeout Server Configuration Option
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  Use the PH timeout option to specify the time, in seconds, that the full-text protocol handler should wait to connect to a database before timing out. The default value is 60 seconds. Increase the ph timeout value when connection attempts are timing out due to temporary network issues.  
  
 The full-text protocol handler is hosted in the filter daemon host and is used to fetch from SQL Server the data to be full-text indexed. For more information about full-text search components, see [Full-Text Search](../../relational-databases/search/full-text-search.md).  
  
 When attempting to fetch a data row, if the protocol handler cannot connect to SQL Server within the specified time, it reports a time-out error for that row. The full-text gatherer will retry the row later. For more information about the full-text gatherer, see [Populate Full-Text Indexes](../../relational-databases/search/populate-full-text-indexes.md).  
  
## See Also  
 [Full-Text Search](../../relational-databases/search/full-text-search.md)   
 [RECONFIGURE (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/reconfigure-transact-sql.md)   
 [Server Configuration Options (SQL Server)](../../database-engine/configure-windows/server-configuration-options-sql-server.md)   
 [sp_configure (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-configure-transact-sql.md)