Re: Question about set_time_out and shell_exec

On Wed, May 24, 2006 11:26 am, Suhas wrote: > I am trying to write a script which will avoid browser timeout problem > and > in that process I have created 2 files > > FILE1.php: > set_time_out(1); > echo shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/php -f FILE2.php &"); > > FILE2.php: > @mail($to,$sub,$msg); > sleep(60); > @mail($to,$sub,$msg); > > I run File1.php thr' browser and I get 2 emails 1 min apart. But > browser > does not timeout and PHP also does not throw error about timeout even > if I > have specified time limit to 1sec. > > Is there any explanation to this behaviour? PHP time only counts stuff PHP is actually doing. If you have a PHP script that executes a 5-minute SQL query, PHP doesn't count *ANY* of that 5 minutes for its timeout limit. Ditto for exec and friends. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm