Re: Script timeout?

From: Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:36:24 +0000
Subject: Re: Script timeout?
References: 1  Groups: php.general 
Request: Send a blank email to php-general+get-175914@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message
Hello Ben, On 27 Jan 2004 at 9:27, Ben Ramsey wrote: > I'm trying to run a query against a database with a PHP script that > cycles through each record (about 4,000+) and sends and e-mail to them > if they have an e-mail address present. The problem is that everytime I > do this, it processes about 430 records and stops. There is no error > message generated. Could this be due to a script timeout? If so, how > do I raise the timeout value? Look up set_time_limit in the PHP manual. Also, consider retrieving all the records first with a single db query, storing all e-mails in an array, and then sending out the e-mails in a separate operation. Why query your db 4000+ times when you can query it only once? Good luck, Erik

« previous php.general (#175914) next »