Re: set_time_limit() in a loop

what are you doing a while on if while never ends and you reset the time out each loop and use ignore_user_abort(true), it will still be going 13 hours latter. maybe if you send the full code so we can look at it. Paul Roberts roberts_paul@bigfoot.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Delmarter" <matt@adplusonline.com> To: "Martin Towell" <martin.towell@world.net> Cc: "PHP Mailing List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:55 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] set_time_limit() in a loop > I should also mention that the loop is sending mail using mail(). > > Is it possible that this is the problem somehow? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Towell [mailto:martin.towell@world.net] > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:16 PM > To: 'Matthew Delmarter'; PHP Mailing List > Subject: RE: [PHP] set_time_limit() in a loop > > your first thought was correct - it sets it to 1800, it's NOT > accumulative. > > it would have something to do with ignore_user_abort(true); and also > is your while loop's exit check working? > > Martin > > > -----Original Message----- > > Just wondering about set_time_limit() in a loop. > > The current code looks something like this: > > <? > ignore_user_abort(true); > set_time_limit(1800); > while: > do stuff; > set_time_limit(1800); > endwhile; > ?> > > Does this reset the timeout to 1800 seconds every time it loops? Or > does it accumulate so that the timeout has 1800 seconds added to it > every time? > > The reason I ask is that my ISP informs me that the script is still > running 13 hours later! Or is this related to the ignore_user_abort? > > Regards, > Matthew Delmarter > > > > -- > 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 > > > > -- > 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 > > >