Re: RE:escape loop on timeout
| From: | Zak Greant | Date: | Wed, 23 May 2001 03:30:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: RE:escape loop on timeout | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.windows |
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Brendan wrote:
> Thanks guys
>
> sorry about the delay .. I am in Australia..
> checking the time each loop would only work if the loops complete
correctly
> .. if the process locks mid loop php wont reach the criterion break
because
> it deals with each command linearly. ie
>
> for (x=0;x!="array full";x++)
> dothisfunction(x);
> if ( (0 === ($x % 1000)) && (time () - $start_time) > $timeout)
> break;
> etc
>
> if dothisfunction() locks up wont the entire script freeze?
>
> maybe I am wrong..
>
> what I am after is something like alert() in Perl or the 'on error resume
> next' in ASP which runs externally to the loop and breaks to the next
> instance if it is taking too long...
> any ideas?
AFAIK there is anything like this built into PHP.
--zak