RE: [PHP] Script timeout?

Two ways we deal with long running scripts like this are: 1) Run it from the command line. Usually, PHP drives web pages... But it can be used as a scripting language just like perl. Beginning the script with set_time_limit(0) kills the timeout. Also, running from the command line gets around all the weird browser display issues that one sometimes sees. 2) Mark your place as you go. Maybe include a field called something like lastSent. When each email goes out, mark it. That way, you can recover it later if something happens. -- jon ------------------- jon roig web developer email: jon@trafficdesigns.com phone: 888.230.7557 -----Original Message----- From: memoimyself@yahoo.com.br [mailto:memoimyself@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:36 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Script timeout? 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 1/19/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.564 / Virus Database: 356 - Release Date: 1/19/2004