Merge pull request #103 from NickBusey/patch-1

Adding timeout information.

README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $database = InfluxDB\Client::fromDSN(sprintf('influxdb://user:pass@%s:%s/%s', $h
 $client = $database->getClient();
 ```
 
-### Reading
+### Reading data
 
 To fetch records from InfluxDB you can do a query directly on a database:
 
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ $lastQuery = $client->getLastQuery();
 $lastQuery = Client::lastQuery;
 ```
 
+### Reading data using a timeout
+
+In production if you are querying InfluxDB to generate a response to a web or API request, you may want to set a specific timeout for InfluxDB calls rather than the default of letting them run indefinitely.
+
+```php
+// Fetch the database using a 5 second time out
+$database = InfluxDB\Client::fromDSN(sprintf('influxdb://user:pass@%s:%s/%s', $host, $port, $dbname), 5);
+```
+
 ### Writing data
 
 Writing data is done by providing an array of points to the writePoints method on a database: