RE: [PHP] Setting execution time for a loop

On 10 September 2003 12:14, zavaboy contributed these pearls of wisdom: > if I wait untill $sDate is zero, it'll be in 2000. > I have $Date based on the current date, like to day is: 03252 > 03 is the year 252 is the day of the year. So for goodness' sake just choose a sensible value to limit the loop -- I was just taking a stab in the dark from your mention of max 31 days' difference to guess it was a day-number within a month, and hence my assumption that only +ve values would be valid. You really haven't given us very much to go on here -- it might be easier to suggest a solution if you told us more about what *exactly* it is you're trying to do. And a little bit more of your *actual* code (not "something like") might help things along, too. > > "Mike Ford" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote in message > > news:841D90E489448A4F804E1D1B95768BF7D461DD@lis-exchange3.lmu.ac.uk... >> On 10 September 2003 11:26, zavaboy contributed these pearls >> of wisdom: >> >>> // Ok, I have a loop: >>> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate; $i--) >>> >>> // Somthing like this is inside the loop: >>> if ($Exists) >>> echo "Something here."; >>> else >>> $sDate--; >>> >>> I have it check if it exists, if it doesn't, then it reduces >>> $sDate by 1. $sDate is initially 3 to 31 days less than >>> $Date. By reducing $sDate by 1, it keeps looking, what if >>> there are no more? It keeps going until I reach 30 seconds, >>> how can I set a time limit? >> >> No need to set a time limit for this -- just set a limit on >> how far $sDate can be decremented. Presumably only positive >> values are invalid, so just stop the loop when $sDate goes >> <=0 -- either >> >> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate && $sDate > 0; $i--) >> >> or something like: >> >> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate; $i--): >> >> if ($Exists): >> echo "Something here."; >> else: >> $sDate--; >> if ($sDate<=0): >> // do any necessary tidying up here -- e.g. set a >> // flag to say the loop was exited via the side door >> break; // escape from the for loop >> endif; >> endif; >> >> endfor; >> // break escapes to here >> >> Cheers! >> >> Mike Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211