#39937 [Opn->Bgs]: max_execution_time / set_time_limit could use better documentation

ID: 39937 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: mike503+php at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: Already documented: "Any time spent on activity that happens outside the execution of the script such as system calls using system(), stream operations, database queries, etc. is not included when determining the maximum time that the script has been running." There is no function for limiting human seconds AFAIK. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-12-23 15:04:25] mike503+php at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The manual does not clearly state how the seconds are determined for set_time_limit and max_execution_time - it keeps saying "seconds" - but on many of my apps i do not use sleep() or anything that shouldn't count as part of the timeout, yet it seems to never timeout; even with set_time_limit(20) set. something that low should be okay, but it doesn't appear to be. for instance in a script i have, i set_time_limit(20) - and the script normally takes at lest 2-5 minutes of actual time to run. it uses curl a lot and string work; no sleep() involved when i exit the script i see this: real 0m52.776s user 0m0.084s sys 0m0.078s it far surpassed "real" time - but apparently did not use much user/sys time. is that the reason for it not terminating yet? does it need to use 20 seconds of "user" time? is there any way for a function to be defined or a parameter to be added to tell it to measure in actual script execution time (without any concern for sleep() or external system calls or anything - flat out limiting how long a script runs based on human seconds?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39937&edit=1