Posted by Gilles Ganault on 01/07/08 08:34

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:19:34 -0800 (PST), Paul Fisch <fischp@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Using the command set_time_limit(some #) can extend the timeout limit
>to whatever you want.

I could be wrong, but it doesn't matter what is set in the PHP
scripts: If the server and/or the browser time out after X seconds,
the script will fail unless it keeps pumping data out to keep the
connection open.

>Why isn't LAMP a good choice for long-running tasks?

Because it's meant for fast query-reply, not to keep the connection
open for 15 minutes. Why does this have to be written as a web
application, and what does it really do? Heavy data mining, or
computation?

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