Posted by hakim on 11/18/05 12:37

Hi NG,

I have my own apache server 2.0.54 running with php 4.3.10.

I got a little logical problem here about http requests.

I have written a small php script which waits for x seconds. Every
second it appends the seconds to a file.

I expected a timeout after 300 seconds, becouse apache is configured
like that. But until now it doesn't matter. I can wait for more than 5
minutes and the script finishes i see the result page.

Why my browser doesn't get a timeout. Which part is responsible for a
timeout???

One said that it is configurable over the directive max-execution-time
in php.ini. BUT this one is set to 30 seconds. The timeout directive in
httpd.conf is 300 seconds.

One apache group user said, that maybe the max-execution-time of
php.ini maybe only applies to CPU time (non-sleeping).

How I can prevent scripts of running endless??? Which parts are
responsible?

Here the code:

<?php

// All print functions do not show up on the screen until it is
finished
print 'Now we wait<br>';

for($i = 1; $i <= 360; ++$i) {
sleep(1);
print "$i<br>";
$handle = fopen('test.dat', "a");
fwrite($handle, $i . "\n");
fclose($handle);
}

print '<br><br>End...<br>';

?>

Thanks...

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