Bug #13711: set_time_limit affects other requests on the same Apache process

From: tal@forum2.org Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: Apache related Bug description: set_time_limit affects other requests on the same Apache process set_time_limit, rather than applying to the currently running script, applies to other PHP scripts as well (including scripts from other domains on the same server). Apparently, set_time_limit affects any future PHP script that will be handled by the same instance of Apache (when using mod_php), i.e., the timeout value is not reset for every new script. Simple testing: (Warning: this test will reduce server availability for the duration of the test.) a. Make sure that PHP logs all errors in a file. b. create a web page (PHP script) that only does "set_time_limit(1)". c. Load that page (you might wish to reload it several times). Now watch the tail of the PHP error log, as more and more "scrpit timed out after 1 second" errors appear in completely unrelated PHP scripts running on the server. To stop the test, just run a different script that returns set_time_limit to its default. -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=13711&edit=1