#16880 [Com]: max_execution_time affects large uploads

From: Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:20:07 +0000
Subject: #16880 [Com]: max_execution_time affects large uploads
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 ID:               16880
 Comment by:       pfasser@shena.it
 Reported By:      zebz@hotmail.com
 Status:           Open
 Bug Type:         Scripting Engine problem
 Operating System: Windows 98
 PHP Version:      4.2.0
 New Comment:

I have the same problem running Php 4.2 on IIS on a W2K server machine


Previous Comments:
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[2002-07-19 12:23:28] hjm@holos.pt

I have the same problem running Php 4.2.1 on Apache on a win NT server
machine

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[2002-06-16 00:25:53] zebz@hotmail.com

Yes, Apache 1.3.xx

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[2002-06-16 00:09:44] sniper@php.net

Which webserver? Apache 1.3.xx?


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[2002-04-30 14:05:58] zebz@hotmail.com

Will this bug be fixed on PHP 4.2.1? It makes huge uploads impossible
without basically making the max_execution_time setting useless and I'm
sure most hosts will refuse to set this setting to 10 minutes :(

Someone reported having the same problem under Windows 2000

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[2002-04-27 15:40:37] zebz@hotmail.com

I recently upgraded PHP 4.1.2 to PHP 4.2 on my local Windows computer
and it works a lot better for large uploads (no more huge RAM usage,
etc).

However I noticed that on this new version the max_execution_time
setting counts the upload time, which doesn't make sense since the PHP
script is called only after the file has been uploaded on the temp
directory. set_time_limit() doesn't solve the problem since the time
expires right before the script is called.

For example if I set max_execution_time to 10 seconds and upload a 50Mb
file, the file will take 20-30 seconds to be uploaded (remember, this
is a local upload) and at the end I'll get a "Maximum execution time of
10 seconds exceeded" error. 

This would force anyone who wish to upload large files on a remote
server to set the max_execution_time setting to 10 *minutes* or more,
which, again, does not make sense.

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