Posted by MD on 08/22/06 21:48

How about putting sleep() when visiting each page ?

Is this going to reduce the risk of stopping the server?

MD

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> mich dobelman wrote:
> > I am developing a web crawler which collects info from more than 50,0000
> > pages.
> > but i am afraid this is going to clog the rental web server if I run it
> > every single day.
> >
> > Is it possible to stop the web hosting server because of my program?
> >
> > MD
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Of course you can. Anyone on the server can, with a poorly written
> script. For instance,
>
> <?php
> for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i--) {
> // Do something here not requiring I/O
> }
>
> Will tie up the server for a while (I know from experience :-) ).
>
> Because of this, most shared hosts keep the max execution time of PHP
> scripts rather short, like 30 seconds. That way a single script can't
> screw things up for too long.
>
>
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