Re: Command-line PHP script CPU usage goes sky-high, stays there--why?

Jochem Maas wrote: >> Have you tried stracing it to see what's really happening when the >> load goes that high? > > am I correct that that would be done like so?: > > strace -p <process id of php deamon> Yep, that's it. You'll probably want to record the output for analysis, but sometimes it's very obvious what's happening. Which doesn't mean it's also easy to fix, but it could give you a clue. /Per Jessen, Zürich