Re: [PHP3] Still the problem (bug) with clients gone byebye

On 10 Dec, Christopher W. Curtis wrote: > Pardon my message; it's late and I'm tired and frustrated. > > Okay .. here's the deal. This thing simply does not work. However, > there are circumstances under which the script _does_ exit, I just can't > tell what they are. > > This is the original script logic: > > while( 1 ) > query database > print new results > > Closing the connection leaves this script running indefinately. Exactly > how long I'm not sure because after a day or two it brings the server to > its knees. Here's my test script: > > <?php > while( 1 ) > print( "test" ); > ?> > > This runs for about 30-60 seconds after the client closes the > connection, then exits. There is some sort of limit that can be reached > to force an exit, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I've > also tried this: > > $rv = echo(); > -- parse error > > $rv = print(); > -- $rv is always (?) 1. I thought maybe I could get a 0 if the client > was gone, but no such luck. I first used it in my test script and it > did work, but I think now that it was simply timing out, just like the > loop without an exit strategy. > > $rv = printf(); > -- This is parseable, but $rv is always a null string. > > Return values are not discussed in the online manual, and I see now that > the note I added to the print() function is inaccurate. Someone needs > to delete it or modify PHP to act in the manner I described. > > Does anyone know what's going with this? Apache sees the error. Does > Apache not tell PHP, or does PHP simply not care? Is there any way to > tell if the client has disconnected? > > Somebody ... PLEEZE ... :( > > tia, > Chris > -- > Oh My God! They Killed init! You Bastards!! > make install; not war It sounds like you might not have set a limit on the time a script can run (or may have unset the default). In your php3.ini there is a setting max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds If this is set to zero, scripts will run forever. Check that it is set to a reasonable value. You can also set this in a script - but I forget the exact syntax for it ;-) Cheers -- David Robley WEBMASTER | Phone +61 8 8374 0970 RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Visit the PHP mirror at http://au.php.net:81/ -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net