Re: execution time

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php the set_time_limit allows you to reset the max execution time.. the manual says: When called, set_time_limit() restarts the timeout counter from zero. In other words, if the timeout is the default 30 seconds, and 25 seconds into script execution a call such as set_time_limit(20) is made, the script will run for a total of 45 seconds before timing out. Wagner Tomy Editus S.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pétur Björn Thorsteinsson" <petur.bjorn.thorsteinsson@islandssimi.is> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:03 PM Subject: [PHP] execution time > > I have a slight problem and was wondering if anyone could help. > > I have a php script that runs every 30 minutes. It takes the contents of a > directory (which is constantly being updated) and dumps them into a mysql > database. Recently this directory has become increasingly large and the php > script only updates a portion of it before it stops execution. > > To run the php script I use a lynx command in a crontab. I'm running suse > linux and apache on both machines (the machine containting the directory > and the other machine containing the database). > > I've tried changing the max execution time in php.ini file but it appears > to have no affect. When I took the php script and divided it into portions > and ran them one at a time it worked (except for one portion of the > script). the execution time of the script doesn't matter to me, I just need > it to run. > > When I run the php script through a browser, and the script doesn't > complete, I get a 'page cannot be displayed' message (while I am expecting > a 'fatal error, exceeded max execution time' error message). > > Maybe it could be fixed by using something other than lynx to run the php > script internally, but I don't know of any alternatives. > > hope someone can help.. > > > -petur > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >